false god
Example Sentences
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Back in Germany, though, the rise of the Nazis is what sets Bonhoeffer on his Christian resistance path, disturbed by the country’s sudden fealty to a false god stoking “rumor and rage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Worshipping the false god of perfection denigrates the fact that mere excellence not only exists, but also thrives, in many places and at many levels.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2019
I think happiness is a false god to be worshiping.
From Time ● Jan. 28, 2014
The Big Five was kind of a false god.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2013
How long ago was it when he'd first realized that hope was an illusion, a false god that smiled and lied, and held out vain promises only to prolong the torture?
From Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow
