Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3.  {CC 210.1}        Though in a different form, idolatry exists in the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient Israel in the days of Elijah. The god of many professedly wise men, of philosophers, poets, politicians, journalists--the god of polished fashionable circles, of many colleges and universities, even of some theological institutions--is little better than Baal, the sun-god of Phoenicia.  {CC 210.2}        No error accepted by the Christian world strikes more boldly against the authority of Heaven, . . . none is more pernicious in its results, than the modern doctrine, so rapidly gaining ground, that God's law is no longer binding upon men.  {CC 210.3}        The Bible is within the reach of all, but there are few who really accept it as the guide of life. Infidelity pr ...