The human heart has been...
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The human heart has been defined as "an idol factory." If idle hands are bound to get one
into mischief, the idols from the heart even more inevitably cause human grief. Our
hearts (our imaginations) are an assembly line of wishes that produces those things we
substitute for God: toward which we look for our ultimate security, to which we grant our
highest loyalty, and from which we expect favors.
From this view of human existence, there are no atheists among us, only different styles of believers. We all have our "gods." The only difference is that whereas the ancient Hebrews fell into the habit of producing physical idols of wood, metal, or fired clay, each of us creates an idol by pounding the hammer of our wishes upon the anvil of our own self-importance.
From this view of human existence, there are no atheists among us, only different styles of believers. We all have our "gods." The only difference is that whereas the ancient Hebrews fell into the habit of producing physical idols of wood, metal, or fired clay, each of us creates an idol by pounding the hammer of our wishes upon the anvil of our own self-importance.
