Like Jeremiah, Make Your Own Choice—Reject Linguistic Idolatry
Most of the Israelites of Jeremiah’s time stuck to their literal idolatry, and most of the Chinese world of our time will likely stick to the linguistic idolatry of prioritizing visible Chinese characters over invisible speech, which is actually the primary aspect of language.
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In spite of what most around him were doing, Jeremiah chose to reject idolatry and to stick to the invisible true God.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) November 10, 2023
Similarly, we can choose to reject the linguistic idolatry of prioritizing visible Chinese characters, and instead rightly focus on invisible Mandarin speech.