Nonsense, one does not pray to the statue or the picture, one prays to the person represented by it. I have no idea as to how strong your faith is, but mine is strong enough not to pray to $19.95 worth of plaster.
“I have no idea as to how strong your faith is, but mine is strong enough not to pray to $19.95 worth of plaster.”
Mine is strong enough not to need the piece of plaster to begin with. And if I had one as a decoration or to commemorate Christ’s birth, it would be a visual symbol for people to receive the message of the Gospel, not to bow to, pray toward, or burn incense to.
If I set a nativity scene up in my yard, I would not feel compelled to say my prayers to the image of baby Jesus. Nor would I recruit others to such folly. And I certainly would not waste countless hours promoting the practice when it had been repeatedly shown from the word of God the error or at least the danger of such acts.