"numerolatry" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1989, F.J.M. Laver, Information Technology: Agent of Change",
          "text": "His warning would not have been necessary today for we have moved to the opposite pole and risk falling into 'numerolatry', the idolatrous worship of numbers.",
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          "text": "René Padilla feels that the “excessive emphasis on numbers” in church growth becomes “numerolatry.”",
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          "ref": "2003, Arthur Herzog, The Church Trap",
          "text": "What is the reason for this numerolatry, the worship of numbers?",
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          "text": "I have even heard the use of numbers called “numerolatry,” a particularly serious accusation because it implies a form of idolatry.",
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          "ref": "2013, C. Peter Wagner, This Changes Everything (The Prayer Warrior Series): How God Can Transform Your Mind And Change Your Life",
          "text": "My most extreme condemnation was a public affirmation thatIwas committing “numerolatry.” The literal sense of that word isthat I was actually worshiping numbers.",
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