[Frapster]

One of the frailties of humanity is our penchant for living strictly in context of our 5 senses. It is inevitable that when we rely upon religious icons as an enabler of our faith we will eventually associate our spiritual well-being with that icon. In my opinion that results in the worship of graven images and is pervasive in religious culture - including Protestantism.

[FormerLib]

It is inevitable that when we rely upon religious icons as an enabler of our faith we will eventually associate our spiritual well-being with that icon.

Ah, see there's the error: we do not rely on them as an enabler of our faith. Reliance implies a necessity, which it is not or no Orthodox could pray without an icon (which is not true at all).

It is not a matter of "living strictly in context of our 5 senses" but using our senses at part of our rightly directed worship of God.