Do you have a picture of your parents in your house?
That’s how Catholics view a picture or icon — a picture of a friend.
What a silly false assertion.
Let’s appeal to the standard of Popish doctrine the Council of Trent shall we, to wit:
“That the images of Christ, of the Virgin Mother of God, and of the saints, are to be had and retained, especially in churches, and due honour and veneration to be paid to them; because the honour which is exhibited to them, is referred to the prototypes which they represent; so that through the images which we kiss, and before which we cover our heads and lie prostrate, we adore Christ; and pay veneration to the saints whose likenesses the images bear; as is ordained by the Decrees of Councils, particular the second Nicene.”
What did this Nicene Council say on the matter? I’m so glad you asked. On the matter of images and saints they said the following words: “To those who diligently teach not the whole Christ-loving people to adore and salute the venerable, and holy, and precious images of all the saints; let them be anathema.”