Identity Quote by Will Herberg

“Ultimately all idolatry is worship of the self projected and objectified: all idolization is self-idolization.” quote by Will Herberg — Download Open image

“Ultimately all idolatry is worship of the self projected and objectified: all idolization is self-idolization.”

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