Once again, you were close.
Exodus 20:4:
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above , or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
But you stopped just shy of the prize ...
Exodus 20:5:
Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God ...
Carving a crucifix as a tribute to the majesty of Christ's suffering, then using it as a focus for your prayers isn't bowing down to the crucifix or serving it.
Nice try. And it got you to open up a Bible, instead of using it to prop up your shrine to the Great Pumpkin.
>Exodus 20:4:
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above , or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
>But you stopped just shy of the prize ...
What, you mean at the *period*? The commandment says what it says. Part of what it says is: "don't make scultpures or paintings." Full stop. It then has further commandments as to what not to do with a sculpture if you happen to have one, you infidel.
> Carving a crucifix as a tribute to the majesty of Christ's suffering
Gets you damend, it seems. And what's so majestic about capital punishment?
One is not contingent on the other. 20:4 says don't make one, period. They are separate orders.
And it got you to open up a Bible, instead of using it to prop up your shrine to the Great Pumpkin.
What gave you the idea that I was a pagan?