CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET THIS PULLED FROM THAT THREAD. I just went direct to your post without reading the heading and then posted a reply. Sorry. I didn't realize it was a caucus thread.
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I read every word thoughtfully with as much of an open mind as possible on the topic. I thought perhaps there's something I've missed. Didn't find anything I'd missed.
Doesn't wash. At all.
The cheribim and Moses example doesn't wash. God instructed those specific things. They were clear exceptions for God's reasons, ordered of God. Others are not.
To me, veneration is an excuse . . . a kind of soft-____ label for Jr worship.
I can venerate the wood pulp and ink I call my Bible teling myself all the time I'm truly worshipping the Living Word. Doesn't make it true; doesn't make it right.
I can venerate fishing as unto God on Sunday morning (though that would be a big stretch given my lack of affinity for the sport) But it wouldn't make it right.