[metmom]

Exodus 20:4-6 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

[Campion]

Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing

As any Jew can explain to you, the problem is not with "making a graven thing," but with making an image of a false god.

Which is why, based at least on my discussions with them, they have no problem with Catholics having images of Mary, or St. Francis, or St. Therese of Lisieux ... because we don't believe any of them to be God, or "gods", or anything like that.

They have a big problem with Catholic images of Jesus, precisely because we do consider him to be God. But so do you.