"Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone."
"Unlike the golden calf, which was made from melting the jewelry of the Egyptians, the Trump statue is not actually made of solid gold. "Don Collusus" is cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf, making it much, much less valuable."
"The giant monument to the president of the United States, clad in gold leaf, cost approximately $450,000 (including a copyright payment and the installation of the gold leaf). Alan Cottrill, the sculptor, told The Daily Beast that suggesting the gold leaf finish for the sculpture was, " like pitching ice water to a man dying of thirst. It was not a hard sell.""
"In Exodus 32, a chapter of the Bible where Moses ascends up a mountain to commune with the Lord. The people Moses has led across the Red Sea to safety become frustrated and impatient, and Moses's idiot brother Aaron agrees that they need some kind of God to worship. So he uses all of their gold jewelry to create an "idol cast in the shape of a calf." They proceed to build the calf an altar and throw it a festival."
A very tall gold-leaf statue of Donald Trump in Doral, Miami was dedicated, and a spiritual advisor insisted it is not a golden calf and that worship belongs to Jesus Christ alone. The statue is not solid gold; it is cast in bronze and covered with gold leaf, making it far less valuable than solid gold. The monument cost about $450,000, including copyright payment and installation of the gold leaf. The comparison to Exodus 32 centers on the golden calf episode, where impatient people and Aaron create an idol from melted gold jewelry, build an altar, and hold a festival. The point is that avoiding the label misses the biblical lesson about idolatry.
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