CG —> as Mark has pointed out, bowing in respect is different from worship as is clearly indicated in the Bible. Also, God in Exodus told the Israelites to create graven images, so His injunct is against the belief that these graven images are God. And they aren’t — no one showing respect to the person represented believes that the statues of God or the crucifix is in any way God. to go into the complete image against is the Moslem way....
The 10 commandments is very clear. Don’t bow to graven images. It doesn’t state don’t bow to people. Now, I don’t know why it’s so upsetting to God, but He says it is. I’m not going to try to wrap my logic around it. I’m just going to accept that it upsets Him because He states very simply and clearly that bowing to graven images (not people) is bad.
The fact that He puts this in the 10 commandments, but nothing about homosexuality, shows that to Him it’s more heinous than homosexuality.