People are people. Moses has brought the people of Israel out of slavery. He has led them to Mt. Sinai. He has gone up the mountain to get God's instructions about what is next.
He takes longer then they expected.
While he is gone the people get anxious and they decide that it would be easier if they made their own god. So they gather up their gold and they make a calf out of gold and worship it.
They forget the god of their ancestors. They forget the god who they have seen do wonders to free them from slavery. They forget the god who has promised them a fertile land.
It takes only a very short time for the people to believe that God has forgotten them, to decide that following him is too hard, to decide that it would be better if they were in control.
How different, really, are we from those people?
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