When the apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the believers in the Greek city of Corinth, which is contained in the New Testament portion of the Bible, he was dealing with divisions and factions among the believers in that city, and their "hero worship" of certain leaders during that time. In the 12th chapter of his letter he wrote: "You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols." (1 Corinthians 12:2) These "idols" were often images ma...
