What is the Difference between Monotheism and Idolatry?
Monotheism or belief in one God enables man to discover God in his passage through His creation, whereas idolatry causes him to become enslaved by the mere things of God’s creation. Monotheism permits him to lead his life on the plane of reality, whereas idolatry shackles him at every step in his life with superstition. Where monotheism is the result of the discovery of one’s own human nature, idolatry is the result of ignorance of that very nature. Monotheists are the truly desirable inhabitants of this world, as it is they who fulfill the word of God.
