[marshmallow]

I tend to doubt they were bowing down before the MLK statue and praying to it, or giving gifts to it. Also, the MLK statue was of an oridary man, not an attempt at making an image of God in the flesh.

Hmmmmmmmmm........OK, so it would be fine to build a statue of an "ordinary" man like St. Peter or St. Paul, for instance but not Jesus Christ, is that it?

Please advise.

[Above My Pay Grade]

>>>Hmmmmmmmmm........OK, so it would be fine to build a statue of an “ordinary” man like St. Peter or St. Paul, for instance but not Jesus Christ, is that it?

Please advise.<<<

Do you think Jesus Christ is nothing greater than an “ordinary” man?

A statue of an ordinary man is not making Almighty God into a statue. I don’t have a problem with a statue of Peter, Paul, etc., as long as people don’t pray to it (or “with it”), worship it, or offer sacrifices or gifts to it.

To make an image and pray to it, or say “this is what God looks like” is idolatry.

As long as nobody bows down, prays to or in anyway worships a statue of an ordinary person, it is not idolatry. When one makes an image of God it is idolatry.