Commentary for Sanhedrin 122:15

איתמר העובד עבודת כוכבים מאהבה ומיראה אביי אמר חייב רבא אמר פטור

It has been taught; <font>If one engages in idolatry through love or fear</font> [of man, but does not actually accept the divinity of the idol], Abaye said, he is liable to punishment; but Raba said, <font>he is free from a penalty</font>. Abaye ruled that he is liable, since he worshipped it; but <font>Raba said that he is free: only if he accepts it as a god is he liable,</font> but not otherwise.

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