Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.
When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.
Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things