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Biblical Hermeneutics

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  • Thanks. Yes, you are correct to say that Ezekiel 8 explicitly mentions sinful literal physically tangible idol false god worship. However, when I read "dig through the wall", & "Go in" in Ezekiel 8:8-9, "committing in the dark" & "each man in the room of his carved images" in Ezekiel 8:12 and "For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’" in Ezekiel 8:12, it just makes me think of a nuanced & complex general narrative. Commented Nov 8 at 23:19
  • Said Christian protestant nuclear family could be like nominal Christians who attend a Protestant church every Sunday, & seem quite normal & Christian through physical eyes of people around said family. In other words, in said hypothetical narrative, there is No literal physically tangible idol false god worship. However, there are definitely sins "committing in the dark" & privately & personally "each man" has "his carved images" "in the room". Commented Nov 8 at 23:19
  • To elaborate, the husband of said family could be idolizing about family finances, being greedy for money & job promotions at work while he attends & pretends to worship at church. The wife of the family could be idolizing about being married to a neighbor's husband while she attends & pretends to worship at church who seems to be a better husband in her eyes than the husband that she currently has. Commented Nov 8 at 23:19
  • The teenage children have their own false idols like thinking about playing sports, playing video games, infatuating about some schoolmate as they attend and pretend to worship at church. Therefore, some parts of Ezekiel 8 like Ezekiel 8:8-9 & Ezekiel 8:12 refer to / suggest / hint about the aforementioned more subtle & nuanced private & personal false idol worshipping. Commented Nov 8 at 23:19