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 Contrary to popular opinion, enjoying something a lot and thinking about it a lot does not make that thing an idol.

Ryan Turnipseed wrote a fantastic article a while back with a similar idea, but in a more political vein. On account of thinking that a passion for something equals idolatry, nothing normal is permitted by our vainglorious and worldly theologians: gottesdienst.org/gottesblog/2022/8/5/guest-essay-the-idolatry-of-pointing-out-idolatry-by-ryan-turnipseed