Midrash for Sanhedrin 122:21
ורבא כהמן ולא כהמן כהמן דאיהו גופיה עבודת כוכבים ולא כהמן דאילו המן מיראה והכא לאו מיראה
But <font>Haman was thus served through fear</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This proves that idolatry (which includes worshipping a human as a divinity) is forbidden even when done through fear. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 13:8) "Of the gods of the peoples around you, who are near to you or who are far from you": From what you know of (the inefficacy of the gods of) the near ones, you should know what the far ones are like.
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