8. To what as gods has Christendom looked for her blessings, but with what foretold result?
8 Contrary to her “form of godly devotion,” Christendom looks for her blessings to the false gods of this world, commercialism, militarism, evolutionistic schooling, patriotism, modern science and technology, and the United Nations.
... 9. How have the people of Christendom been guilty of using “teraphim” and “divination”?
9 In their independence of the Holy Bible, the peoples of Christendom look to their “teraphim,” that is, their household gods, their Pe·naʹtes, as the superstitious ancient Romans did.