And I would contend that my view is more studied, literal interpretation of the Scriptures. You're the one taking liberties with what visual symbols you approve and disapprove. Furthermore, a symbol representing the Divine (whether it be a word, a painting, a sculpture etc.) is not worshipped as the Divine, and I no more worship an image of Christ as I (or you, I presume) worship the letters, "C-H-R-I-S-T." They are icons; symbols which represent something, and not the thing itself. To attribute that behavior to another when it is not true is false witness. Check and see what Scripture says about that...
You haven’t made an argument from Scripture yet. Instead you babble based on what seems right in your limited fallen mind.
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
—Colossians 2:8
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
—Proverbs 14:12
I don’t expect to change your mind, but for others I am including a link to a good article on the use of images.