Dear Sara
I will answer this one myself so we can somehow define your question a bit more. Yes it is idolatry by definition......if he is represented by a idol that is. However it is also idolatry to worship any other idol. God is not a statue,nor does he live in a statue. Masses of people worship idols, they believe that sacrefice to the spirits that live in certain idols statues can somehow grant them their wishes. In a sense the greatest idolaters are the Christians who believe that going to church is somehow worshipping God. Now mind you, this is the ones who believe that the moving of their physical body in to a church building is somehow beneficial to them or brings them closer to God. They actually believe he lives in the Church building. This is idolatry. Then there are the ones worshipping their cars computers and on and on.
Is that your point or are you asking about the entity called Buddha and buddhism in general?
Regards Mustardseed
I will answer this one myself so we can somehow define your question a bit more. Yes it is idolatry by definition......if he is represented by a idol that is. However it is also idolatry to worship any other idol. God is not a statue,nor does he live in a statue. Masses of people worship idols, they believe that sacrefice to the spirits that live in certain idols statues can somehow grant them their wishes. In a sense the greatest idolaters are the Christians who believe that going to church is somehow worshipping God. Now mind you, this is the ones who believe that the moving of their physical body in to a church building is somehow beneficial to them or brings them closer to God. They actually believe he lives in the Church building. This is idolatry. Then there are the ones worshipping their cars computers and on and on.
Is that your point or are you asking about the entity called Buddha and buddhism in general?
Regards Mustardseed