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“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. I will lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations[1] on those who love me and obey my commands.” (Exodus 20:4-6, NLT)

The starter commandment was not to have any other gods. God, knowing the human heart, immediately closes the most obvious loophole and says don’t make any god, either. God created us, made us creative beings, and gave us imagination. Creation itself is so grand that we tend to worship creation.[2] We can marvel at an evening sky, take in the fresh air and grandeur of mountain ranges, and the vast power of the ocean.

High culture in Western Civilization has been adorned with the arts, music through opera and symphonies, and great literature emerged in the era of the novel, revealing the best and worst of human life and subsequently being portrayed on stage and in cinema. We so romanticized life that we created those who acted the parts and called them movie stars.

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