Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[Angrboda]

That may be so. But that doesn't make his particular point bullshit.


But aren't ideals valuable in and of themselves? What difference does it make if they are received in symbolic form? (I'm asking philosophically... not dogmatically.)

Yes ideals are valuable by them selves. But when you anthropomorphize the ideal as part of being in an idol, the ideal has a greater chance of being lost or perverted in the worshiping. 

It's not just a hindu thing.

Or, perhaps, the anthropomorphization can lead to a greater understanding and application of an ideal. That something can happen doesn't mean it will happen. And I'd like to see your evidence that ideals have a better chance of being lost or perverted as a consequence of anthropomorphization. That sounds like something you just pulled from your ass.