How does Hinduism justify idol worship when Christianity and Islam forbid it? || Acharya Prashant

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”

~ John 13:16

Question: The Abrahamic religions, all of them, are against idol worship. Not only Christianity, but also Islam, Judaism. But in Hinduism, there is a lot of idol worship. How to reconcile them? And whether or not, they can be reconciled?

Acharya Prashant(AP): What is the sutra (verse) for tonight? What does it read? Read it aloud please.

Questioner: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.” ~John 13:16.

AP: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”

This establishes one relationship between the center and the expression of the center. What is that relationship?