October 28, 2011 – Baruch 6:15 - 6:44

So many hundreds if not thousands of years did people worship idols made in the way that is talked about here. It just doesn’t seem reasonable to think that it would have lasted so long. As the reading talks about, if someone accidentally knocked it over and it broke or a fire destroyed the temple and the idol was destroyed, you would think they would realize it wasn’t a god. And if the person that made it died, you wouldn’t think a mortal could create an immortal god. I guess it would only take one answered prayer to convince someone it was real. All the unanswered prayers would lead you to believe that the god was angry and needed more sacrifice. One answered prayer could steal a person’s belief in the god so that they may never waver.