The first idolatry was faith in matter
Passages from:
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
p.21:25
Being in sympathy with matter, the worldly man is at
the beck and call of error, and will be attracted thither-ward.
p.146:5
The first idolatry was faith in matter.
p.186:28
Mortal mind is ignorant of self, or it could never be
self-deceived.
p.186:30
Since it must believe in something besides itself, it enthrones matter as deity.
**p.186:32*
The human mind has been an idolater from the beginning,
having other gods and believing in more than the one Mind.