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@Happy new year and @qwerty613 your comments are exactly what @rescue and @yittish needed to straighten them out. In the Tanackh (the Jewish Bible which by the way omits books and writings from non-Torah religions and includes only books and writings that H”M’s Rabbi’s have approved of), as I just said, in the Tanackh in Parshas Devarim regarding the second set of Ten Declarations/Ten Commandments it states; ‘Thou shalt not recognize the gods of others in My Presence.’ Let’s consider the word, ‘recognize’. What does that mean/imply? First of all to recognize a god is to stare at it and consider worshipping it. Secondly, to recognize a god is to talk about it and explain it’s meaning to another/others and thus worship it. Thirdly, to recognize a god is to write about it and explain it’s meaning to another which is by the way a form of idol worship because you are recognizing it and consider it worthy of consideration which is a form of idol worship. What is idol worship? Idol worship involves bowing down and/or prostrating yourself to a god (whether the god is stone, wood, metal, ice sculpture, snow sculpture, glass, or another mineral or chemical compound listed in the scientific table of elements.), staring at it, talking about it, writing about it or any other way of considering it. These I state, are all ways of idol worship and thus “RECOGNIZING” the gods of other nations/religions. We, then, as the Tanackh states in the Parshas Devarim/Deutoronomy are “RECOGNIZING” the gods of others. We are, and I repeat, “FORBIDDEN” as Torah Yidden/Jews to do this. It is a RASHA/Wicked Evil One who will “RECOGNIZE” the gods of others, not Yidden/Jews. It also states in the BrachaTefillah/Blessed Prayer named, “ALEYNU” that we pray that there will be a destruction of all the idols/gods in stone, wood, metal, glass, etcetera and that every knee will bend and everyone will pray to the invisible G-D/H”M Of All and not to a hardened or softened substance (that could include stuffed animals or stuffed toys or dolls) that is in H-s Creation/Bereshis Bara. Remember, when we do not obey this Law of the Ten Declarations/Ten Commandments we are then punished by G-D/H”M for disobeying H-m. And what is the punishment? G-D/H”M decides.