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The very first of The Seven Jewish Noahide Laws (American Public Law 102-14) is “No Idolatry”. Many people don’t bow before graven images, so should they really fear if such practices are outlawed? “Idolatry” under Jewish Noahide Law encompasses much much more than simply banning people from bowing before statues. According to Jewish legal scholars, to avoid “idolatry”, one must accept Jewish Torah, accept Jewish prophets and teachers, and give obedience to Jewish courts. Also, one must not accept non-Jewish scriptures and not follow non-Jewish prophets or priests. All non-Jewish religious temples and paraphernalia are to be destroyed and any attempts to proselytize a non-Jewish religion will lead to execution. In addition, under the Noahide Law which abolishes “idolatry”, non-Jews can be executed for doing something as simple as consulting astrologers transvestism or getting a tattoo. Finally, non-Jews are commanded to not love those who practice idolatry and to even hate them, going out of one's way to have them prosecuted and killed. Under these strictures, even Christianity is considered idolatry (here). Links to legal references below.
- Full List Of Commands And Prohibitions
Biblical:
To acknowledge G-d’s existence
To acknowledge G-d’s unity (that He is only One, and Infinite)
To teach and study Torah
To heed and obey every true prophet
To obey the judges of the Sanhedrin
To destroy all idols, their temples, and other idolatrous items
To honor Torah sages
Not to believe in the existence of any gods other than G-d
No having idols made for oneself
No making idols for others
No making human statues or figures
No idol-worship in four standard ways
No idol-worship according to its established rituals
No offering one’s children for Molech-worship rituals
No practicing the cult of Ov
No practicing the cult of Yidoni
No studying idolatrous rituals
No erecting a pillar for worship purposes
No making a stone pavement for bowing
No planting trees as religious decorations
No swearing in the names of false gods
No enticing another person to idolatry
No loving an idolatry-enticer
No minimizing hatred of an idolatry-enticer
No rescuing an idolatry-enticer from danger
No vindicating an idolatry-enticer in his court trial
No withholding evidence on an idolatry-enticer in his court trial
No benefiting from idol adornments
No owning idolatrous items
No prophesying in the name of a false god
No false prophecy, even in the name of the true G-d
No listening to the prophet of a false god
No being afraid to punish a false prophet
No imitating the customs of idol worshipers
No divination or fortune telling
No astrology or magical illusion
No omen reading
No witchcraft
No charming or bewitching
No inquiring of an Ov
No inquiring of a Yidoni
No necromancy
No women wearing men’s clothes
No men wearing women’s clothes
No tattooing
No shaving off the temples (upper sideburns)
No shaving the beard
No cutting oneself in mourning
No indulging wayward thoughts or sights
No compassion for idol worshipers
Not to test G-d’s promises through His prophets
No Temple service or Torah teaching while drunk
No tearing out one’s hair in mourning
Not to drink idolatrous wine of libation
Not to allow a witch to live
No adding to the written or oral Torah
No subtracting from the written or oral Torah
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