No, the problem is as long as catholics oppose Gods clear warnings not to use these, nor bow to them, nor worship before them...they will miss the blessings God intended otherwise and mourn that loss on that day. I stress that practicing worship behavior before an idol or icon does more harm to the soul of an individual than they can possibly understand, let alone realize. But then pagans wouldn't identify sin for what it is.....neither Christians when they have 'seared' thier minds and hearts from the promptings of the Holy Spirit not to do this.
Funny you should mention this.
I was one of those people. You say it does harm to pagans, but I understood then, as I understand now, that there is a difference between veneration, ie - ‘to do honour’, and worship.
I don’t worship statues. I honour the Saints who have come before me. I don’t pray to the statues. You are exactly like the Iconoclasts of the 8th century, and you make the exact same arguments. You would bind us to circumcision. Christians are free to circumcise or uncircumcise, just as we are free to build statues or to leave them by.