You haven't even tried. You've posted links to what others have written without addressing my basic question, which is, "Why do you approve of some visual representations of Christ (i.e. written words), but not others?" You're contention is that the written word is the only permissible visual symbology.
This too is a visual symbol that conveys the notion of Christ to others...
...Were the early Christians who used it guilty of heresy?
I haven’t answered because I owe you no response. I don’t care to go back and forth debating your ideas or trying to convince you. Make an argument from the Scripture and we might have something to discuss. I merely stated the truth from the Scriptures as I understand them and I posted the writings of others based on their understanding from the Scripture.
The only way for Christians to answer such questions are from the Word. Truth doesn’t spring from the minds of fallen men. (”The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”) It doesn’t matter what I think and it doesn’t matter what you think. All that matters is what God has said through the inspired writings of His prophets and apostles.
I will, however, say this: His Word is not a graven image.
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
—John 17:17
“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
—2 Timothy 3:16
It’s fine if you don’t agree with my position, which is nothing more than the classic Protestant position of those who came out of the Reformation holding to the regulative principal of worship. I know full well most today will not agree with my understanding of the 2nd Commandment. I also know most have never even considered the question so they react based on emotion, not the truth of the Word. However, some with ears to hear have read the links I posted and already emailed to thank me, so I know I haven’t wasted my time.