Idols of the Nations
List of the Idols of the Nations
Psalms 96:5 : " For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made
the heavens."
Isaiah 2: 18 " And the idols He shall utterly abolish. "
Zechariah 14: 9 " And the Lord shall be king over all the earth:
in that day shall there be one Lord, and His name one. "
A day is coming when Christ will return to this
earth. He will abolish
all idols. The Lord only shall be worshipped on the earth. However, Christ has
not yet returned and almost the whole earth at this time in 2010 is estranged
and alienated from God through idolatry. If the nation you live in doesn't have the true God mentioned in the Bible as
its God, then it is orientated around idols. The time has come to begin tearing
down the idols.
Provided for you at the bottom of this page is a list of
all the nations of the earth as of 2010. What will be done over time is to
list all the major false gods of all the nations of the earth. This is a very
large project so please have patience. It takes time and a lot of research on
the writers part to identify the major orientation of the majority in these
lands. On my list there are 193 countries listed and so far 49 of them have
their major false gods listed. If you do not agree with the idols listed then by
all means give me your feedback, and suggestions.
This writer contents that as of 2008 there is not a single nation here on
earth that is orientated around the true God, who is revealed to us in the
Bible. Not a single one ! You don't believe me ? If you don't think I'm right
then please show me where I am wrong. I do not believe I am wrong. However, I
have only lived in Canada, and so therefore may be a little off track with some
of my assessments regarding the idols of other lands. I would like feedback from
you and what you feel is the main orientation of the majority in your country,
or society.
Human beings require a frame of reference and orientation. It is a false
assumption that human beings don't need a system of orientation, or frame of
reference. Human beings cannot survive sanely without building their lives
around something or someone. Human beings were created by God with a deep need
to build their lives around God. They were created to have a relationship with
their Creator and become like Him. They were created in the image of God, with
the hope and potential to someday be created in the spiritual image of God.
However, if people reject God and His rule over their lives, or through
ignorance are not aware of God - the need for a system of orientation and a
frame of reference still exists. However instead of putting God first, they
simply substitute something, or someone else. This becomes their false god, or
personal idolatry.
It is similar with nations or the larger society people live in. All human
beings are part of a society, since we are social creatures and need others for
survival. They may be part of the mainstream society and culture, or they may be
part of a subculture within a larger society. If the nation and larger culture,
or subculture ...isn't built and orientated around the true God, and doesn't
have God's laws as the foundation for its own system and laws or culture then it
too is involved in idolatry. Human beings were created to have a relationship
with God. This is why of all of God's creatures here on earth, only mankind has
such a thing as religion.
Almost all of humanity individually and collectively today in 2010 is estranged
and alienated from God through idolatry. The true God is a jealous God, who will
not share our affections with idols (Exodus 20:1-6 note verse 5) (Deuteronomy
4:23-31). Jesus Christ will not play second fiddle to anyone - we must love Him
more than our human family members and even more than our own lives - else we
cannot be His disciples (Luke 15:25-33) (Matthew 10:37-39). All religions do not
lead to God - Christ is the Way and the Truth and
the Life. You can read my article about the real
Jesus who never changes (Hebrews 13:8) and who will not share our affections
with idols and false gods, and who was the Word before His human birth, and who
was the God of the Old Testament.
Here on earth at this time God the Father and God the Son Jesus Christ live
in their Temple. And where is the Temple of God here on earth as 2008?
That Temple is the true church, which is a spiritual
organism consisting of those who have the Holy Spirit living in them. God and
Jesus Christ live in the church through the Holy Spirit.
There is little proof that the true church consists of a specific group of
people, but we cannot entirely discount this. The true church is a spiritual
organism, and where it is exactly is to me a mystery, and something one small
human being like myself may never be able to really know for sure. We can guess
and speculate, but in all honesty - how on earth can I or any other human being
know for sure (100%) that this or that group is the one and only true church of
God ? We cannot see the Holy Spirit, and there are roughly around
2,100,000,000 (two billion and one hundred million) persons on earth in 2010 of
the Christian faith, or who identify with the Christian faith. The answer is quite
simple - the true church is a spiritual organism consisting of those who have
the Holy Spirit living in them.
Romans 8:9 " But ye are not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. "
So please have a look at the long list of nations, and what I regard as their
main idols. Give me your ideas, if you don't agree with some things. The nation
is listed, plus the capital of the country, and the continent the nation is on,
and then the main false gods or idols. This is whatever the society or nation is
primarily orientated around or focused on be it a particular religion, church,
person or ideology. If they don't have the true God and His laws and ways (as
mentioned in the Bible) as the foundation of their national laws and customs -
then their society is orientated around idols. Practically the whole world today
is indeed estranged and alienated
from God through idolatry.
Abbreviations: Au = Asia, AF =
Africa, EU = Europe, SA = South America, NA = North America,
AU = Australia, AU - Oceania = Australia and Oceania
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
A
*Afghanistan (Kabul)
(Asia)...........
Islam, Warrior Culture
*Albania (Tirane) (Europe)................ Islam
*Algeria (Algers) (Africa)................ Islam
*Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (Europe)...... Money
*Angola (Luanda) (AF)........................... Catholic Church, Armed
Forces
Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)
*Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)............... Catholic Church,
Buenos Aires, Soccer
Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)
*Australia (Canberra) (AU) ................. Money and
material goods, alcohol
*Austria (Vienna) (EU).......................... Catholic
Church
*Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS) ..................... Islam
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
B
*Bahamas (Nassau)
(NA) ........... Money and material goods
*Bahrain (Manama) (AS)............
Islam
*Bangladesh (Dhaka)
(AS)........... Islam
Barbados (Bridgetown)
(NA)
Belarus
(Minsk) (EU)
Belgium
(Brussels) (EU)
Belize
(Belmopan) (NA)
Benin
(Port-Novo) (AF)
* Bhutan
(Thimphu)
(AS)............ Buddhism
* Bolivia
(Sucre)
(SA)........... Catholic Church
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)
Botswana (Gaborone)
(AF)
* Brazil (Brasilia) (SA).....Catholic Church, Cult of the Saints, Multiculturalism,
Nature Worship
*Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)........... Sultan of
Brunei
Bulgaria (Sofia)
(EU)
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)
*Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)
........... The King - the Royal Family
Burundi
(Bujumbura) (AF)
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
C
*Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)
........... Buddhism
Cameroon (Yaounde)
(AF)
*Canada (Ottawa)
(NA)............ Money and material goods, and socialism
Cape Verde (Praia)
(EU)
Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)
* Chad
(N'Djamena) (AF)............
Islam, Animism
Chile
(Santiago) (SA)
*China
(Beijing) (AS)
............ Communist Party and Communism, Chinese Culture, Money
*Colombia (Bogota)
(SA) ............ Drugs
Comoros (Moroni)
(AF)
Congo (Brazzaville)
(AF)
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)
Costa Rica (San Jose)
(NA)
Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)
Croatia (Zagreb)
(EU)
*Cuba
(Havana) (NA)
............... Communist Party and Communism, Socialism
* Cyprus
(Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)... Eastern Orthodox Church
Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Gods
D
* Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU) Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Denmark, Socialism, The law of Jante
- Janteloven.
Djibouti (Djibouti)
(AF)
Dominica (Roseau)
(NA)
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Gods
E
East Timor (Dili)
(AS)
* Ecuador (Quito)
(SA).................... Catholic Church
* Egypt (Cairo)
(AF) ......... Islam, Coptic Church, Egypt itself, Egyptian Culture
El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)
Eritrea (Asmara)
(AF)
Estonia (Tallinn)
(EU)
*Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF).....
Communism, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Islam
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
F
Fiji
(Suva) (AU - Oceania)
* Finland (Helsinki)
(EU) ..................... Lutheran
Church
*France (Paris)
(EU) ..................... Catholic Church, Socialism, Money
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
G
Gabon (Liberville)
(AF)
Gambia (Banjul)
(AF)
Georgia (Tbilisi)
(EU)
*Germany (Berlin)
(EU) ................ The Fatherland - Germany itself, Catholic
Church
Ghana (Accra)
(AF)
Greece (Athens)
(EU)
Grenada (St. George's) (NA)
Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)
* Guinea (Conakry)
(AF) .................. Animism, The Tribe, Family
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)
* Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)
.............. Catholic Church and Hindu Religion
Nation
Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
H
*Haiti
(Port-au-Prince) (NA)............. Voodoo
Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)
Hungary (Budapest) (EU)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
I
*Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)............ Evangelical
Lutheran Church
*India (New Delhi) (AS)..............
Various false Gods but Hindu
religion is the major one.
*Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)............ Islam
*Iran (Tehran) (AS)..................... Islam
* Iraq (Baghdad) (AS) ................
Baath Party and Islam
*Ireland (Dublin) (EU)................. Money
and material goods, Catholic Church
*Israel (Jerusalem) (AS) ............
Money, Zionism
*Italy (Rome) (EU) ....................... Catholic Church, The Pope
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
J
* Jamaica (Kingston) (NA) ........... Roman
Catholic Church
*Japan (Tokyo) (AS) .................... Money and material goods, Shinto religion
* Jordan (Amman) (AS) ............... Islam
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
K
Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)
Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)
Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)
*Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)...... Kim Il Sung and this state
religion is carried on by his son Kim Il Jong
*Korea, South (Seoul) (AS).............. Confucianism, Confucian Capitalism
Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or
L
* Laos (Vientiane) (AS) ................. Buddhism
Latvia (Riga) (EU)
* Lebanon (Beirut) (AS) ................ Islam, False
Christianity
Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)
Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)
* Libya (Tripoli) (AF) ................... President Moammar
al-Ghadafi , Islam, The Revolution
Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)
Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
M
Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)
Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)
Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)
* Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS) .......... Buddhism, Hindu, Confucianism,. Taoism
Maldives (Male) (AS)
Mali (Bamako) (AF)
* Malta (Valletta) (EU) .................. Catholic Church
Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)
Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)
* Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF) .............. Hindu,
Roman Catholic Church, Islam
*Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)............... Catholic Church , The
Revolution
Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)
Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)
Monaco (Monaco) (EU)
Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)
Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)
Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)
Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
N
Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)
Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)
Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)
Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)
New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)
Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)
Niger (Niamey) (AF)
Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)
Norway (Oslo) (EU)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
O
Oman (Muscat) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
P
Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)
Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)
*Panama (Panama City) (NA).............The United States
Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)
Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)
Peru (Lima) (SA)
Philippines (Manila) (AS)
*Poland (Warsaw) (EU)......................Catholic Church
*Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)......................Catholic Church
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
Q
Qatar (Doha) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
R
Romania (Bucharest) (EU)
*Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS)............... The Motherland - Russia
itself
Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)
Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)
Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)
San Marino (San Marino) (EU)
Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)
*Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)...................... Islam, The Saudi Royal
Family or House of Saud, Oil
Senegal (Dakar) (AF)
Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)
Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)
Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)
*Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)..................
Money
Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)...............................
Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)
Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)
*Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)..............................
Islam, The Tribe, Drugs
*South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF).... African National
Congress Party, Communism
Spain (Madrid) (EU)........................................ Catholic
Church
Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)
Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)
Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)
Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)
*Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)............................ Socialism
Switzerland (Bern) (EU)
Syria (Damascus) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
T
* Taiwan Taipei
(Asia).......................... Money and material
goods
Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)
Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)
*Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)...........................
Buddhism
* Tibet (Lhasa) (Asia)
................................ The Dalai Lama
Togo (Lome) (AF)
Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)
Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)
Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)
Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)
Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)
Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
U
Uganda (Kampala) (AF)
Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)
United Kingdom (London) (EU)
*United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)........ Money, material
goods, The American Way
Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
V
Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)
*Vatican City (na) (EU) ............................. Catholic
Church and the Pope
Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)
*Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS) .............................. Communism and
the Communist Party
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
Y
Yemen (Sana) (AS)
Nation Capital
Continent
Major False God or Idols
Z
Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)
*Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)...........................
Robert Magabi
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