[Wonder Warthog]

"Now, when you want to draw a line between veneration and worship, again, I think it’s a hard one to draw. Picking up my Funk & Wagnalls practical dictionary from 1928, its main definition concludes that ‘veneration’ is the act of venerating; reverence."

Not at all hard. And your "Funk and Wagnalls" is the wrong place to look.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latria

"Seeing nothing in scripture that would instruct me or anyone else to venerate or worship an object (and seeing multiple warnings against this practice), I would conclude that it’s probably best to let sleeping bones lie right where they are."

Deliberate blindness is no excuse. See "brass serpents" in Exodus, images of cherubim and seraphim in multiple places, the ornamentation on the Ark of the Covenant, the decoration of Solomon's temple with many images, and many, many more. Lots of things venerated by the Hebrews "back in the day" (and still today).

[WorkingClassFilth]

What you and I might discuss in cyber-parlors is one thing. The abject reality of what goes on for too many people who actually believe objects have sacred powers is another. Christ is the central point of Scripture and the narrative leading up to His work. All worship is due Him and no other - objects or persons.