ANSWER: Idols are anything that you make more important than God.
EXPLANATION:
If you make something more important than God, such as money or material possessions, or even religion, it becomes an idol.
Making something into an idol is a sin specified in the 10 Commandments:
"Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth" (Exodus 20:4).
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