Idols
Some make intuition their idol.
Others their intellect, feelings and thoughts.
Others their body, another's body, some object, spirit or even celestial body.
There are all kinds of idols. Even religious, spiritual and atheistic kinds.
All idolatry is essentially idolatry of our own self -- where we place some limited, fallible and temporary creation above the omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresence Creator (the one who sustains us in pure love) and His sustenance.
God made human beings for a purpose, even though most of humanity keeps themselves cut off from Him. That purpose is designed into our body and soul itself. Our bodies are supposed to be temples of the Holy Spirit. All idolatry basically cuts us off from that and the root of it is pride with added mistrust of life and God. This is what satan seeks to perpetuate.
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The prophet Isaiah talks about idols. I think it's always more powerful to use scripture for teaching and preaching.
(Isaiah 44:12-20 NIV) The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint. {13} The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. {14} He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. {15} It is man's fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. {16} Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire." {17} From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god." {18} They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand. {19} No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, "Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?" {20} He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"
That is certainly a powerful piece of scripture Barncat. It hadn't come to mind or would have definitely quoted it. Thank you.