Q43. Do you worship idols?

No. To bow down to or circumambulate a stone, believing that God is not present in it, is idol worship. We believe God is personally present within the stone statues in every Temple and thus our intension is to worship God and not the stone. This is called Deity of God worship and not idol worship. God is a Person with a form, and He wants to be worshipped in an image Form. This can be proven by the fact that it's God who has been creating those who worship Him in the image Form for millions of years, the Sanatan-Dharma followers (Hindus). And the same God has been creating those who don't worship Him in the image Form, the non-Hindus, for only a few thousand years at the most. Thus, it's God's will that those who worship Him in the image form are eternal (the Hindus) and those who cannot understand God having a form or those who are against image worship are not eternal (non-Hindus). The Deities will appear as stone or wood to those who are not qualified to know God. But for the sincere devotees of God, the Deities are real, and on many occasions, God who is personally present within every statue in every Temple. Comes out and associates with His pure devotees. But God is not so cheap, He cannot be known by everyone, especially the Yavanas and Mlechhas (animal killers and those who are opposed to the Vedic principles/culture). “I am not manifest to everyone. The foolish persons are covered by My internal potency [Yoga Maya] and they cannot understand that I am unborn, and eternal, with a spiritual form.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.25)