“When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.” MenGodGoneBrokeIdols Book:THE ACQUISITIVE SOCIETY Source: THE ACQUISITIVE SOCIETY
“We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose. The worldwide crisis affecting finance and the economy lays bare their imbalances and, above all, their lack of real concern for human beings; man is reduced to one of his needs alone: consumption.” MenNeedsHumansRealPurposeHuman BeingsEconomyWorshipConcernCrisisLaysAncientGoldenFinanceIdolsDictatorshipConsumptionConsumerismLackingExesRuthlessIdolatryOverconsumptionGuiseImbalanceCfsCalves Author:Pope Francis
“An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man becomes familiar with his goddess she quickly sinks into a woman.” MenKindMayCausesParticularFamiliarIdolsGoddessFamiliarityInvertedApotheosis Book:The spectator Source: The spectator