對著一尊像拜
這一支就是畫面本身，也是這個字最早的用法：拜的對象是一個被做出來的東西。
noun · C2
The practice of worshipping an idol — a statue, image, or object that people treat as a god.
偶像崇拜
核心畫面
Picture someone in front of a figure they made themselves and treating it as a god. The point of the picture is not the but what is being knelt to: a made thing, handed a value it does not have on its own. Idolatry is always that. The only thing that changes is whether the figure is from stone or is a singer, a , or money.
可以想成有人跪在一尊自己做出來的像前面，把它當成神。這個畫面的重點不在跪，在於「被拜的是一個被做出來的東西」。人把價…更多收起
可以想成有人跪在一尊自己做出來的像前面，把它當成神。這個畫面的重點不在跪，在於「被拜的是一個被做出來的東西」。人把價值放上去，然後抬頭看；看久了，就看不見它其實只是個東西。idolatry 講的一直是這件事。差別只在那尊像是石頭雕的，還是一個明星、一種科技、一筆錢。From the word’s history
The word is idol + -latry. Behind it sit Greek eidolon (image, idol) and latris (worshipper) / latreuo (to worship), which came into English through Latin. So the word says, in its own parts, worship aimed at an image.
這個字是 idol（偶像）加 -latry（崇拜）。再往上是希臘文 eidōlon（像、影像）和 latris（崇拜者）／latreuō（崇拜），經拉丁文進入英文。也就是說，字本身就寫著「對著一個像去拜」。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:372779705): from Ancient Greek eidololatria, from eidolon (idol) and latris (worshipper) / latreuo (to worship); equivalent to idol + -latry.
Two branches
把人或東西捧成神
把那尊像換成一個人、一種科技或一筆錢，姿勢完全沒變：還是抬頭看著，還是看不見它的缺點。
noun · C2
Admiring a person or a thing so much that you stop being able to see anything wrong with them.
盲目崇拜