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"Babylon the Great" leads people away from true worship

  1

Leviticus 20:6
"If anyone has recourse to the spirits of the dead or to magicians,
to prostitute himself by following them,
I shall set my face against him and outlaw him from his people.

  2

Exodus 34:15, 16
Make no pact with the inhabitants of the country or,
when they prostitute themselves to their own gods and sacrifice to them,
they will invite you and you will partake of their sacrifice,
16 and then you will choose wives for your sons from among their daughters,
and their daughters, prostituting themselves to their own gods,
will induce your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

  3

Matthew 15:9
Their reverence of me is worthless;
the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.'

  4

James 4:4
Adulterers! Do you not realise that love for the world is hatred for God?
Anyone who chooses the world for a friend is constituted an enemy of God.

False Religion is Identified by:

Like ancient Babylon, leading people away from true worship.
Their use of Images and Beliefs such as the Trinity and
the immortality of the soul and blending their worship with
love for the world is considered spiritual prostitution by God.
Its close involvement with world's political leaders.