Alas, Protestant are leveling the same charges of false worship and paganism at the Orthodox that they do at the Catholics. At least they are consistent.
But really these protties only show their complete lack of a literary imagination. Of course nobody worships the cross instead of Christ. This is poetic language. Like saying to your wife: I love your hair. Well, duh, you dont love hair, or you shouldn’t. Hopefully, you love her.
Protties need to go back and actually READ a book or something. Try Denziger’s collection of conciliar documents. To venerate an image or object is to honor not the object but the person it depicts.
It is astonishing that this kind of idiocy still persists after 500 years. Have you all learned nothing but hatred of Orthodoxy and Catholicism in those Sunday school classes?
You either worship the Creator or the created. If you worship created objects, you are guilty of idolatry. The headline is indefensible.