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PERSPECTIVES ON THE LORD’S TABLE<br />
Idols or Book or Anagrams such as Om, Allah etc. becomes the<br />
object of worship. This then leads to idol worship in the strict<br />
sense of the Judeo-Christian tradition. This degeneration of<br />
symbols is found in all religions. The<br />
most idolatrous of all living religions,<br />
Hinduism do not profess idolatry. They<br />
do not worship the stone or wood, they<br />
worship the deity represented by that<br />
idol. The great advaitic teacher of all<br />
time, Shree Sankaracharya of Kaladi at<br />
the end of his travel around India,<br />
installing idols and images, finally<br />
installed a mirror.<br />
When Aaron and the Israelites in the<br />
wilderness moulded a calf, they were not<br />
worshipping the calf, but Yahweh who brought them out of<br />
bondage from Egypt. When the ten tribes installed the Bull in<br />
Dan they were installing Yahweh who rides the bull. The Bronze<br />
serpent that was raised in the desert by Moses healed those who<br />
were bitten by the serpents. But eventually it became an object<br />
of worship and a snare that it was eventually destroyed. (Ex.<br />
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