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The Various False Idols Of Adulthood

Let’s take a run at this, shall we?

Ted Bauer
4 min readFeb 16, 2024

In probably 2019 or so, my pastor did a sermon series on “false idols.” It was good enough that I regularly wish he would bring it back. Now, I understand an increasing amount of people are not religious — we even have a term for it now, “de-churching.”

So, this whole thing might fall on deaf ears. It’s hard to say that the “only thing” you should worship is some guy (woman) in the sky who we don’t have full proof of, and I get it. But even if you’re not religious, there are any number of false idols that people worship in adulthood, or at least American adulthood, and I’m not sure any of said idols are making us better people. Let’s list a few.

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.

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