[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

https://www.biblehub.com/exodus/20-4.htm Context: The Ten Commandments …3You shall have no other gods before Me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,… Berean Standard Bible · You have your choice of translations. Don't worship the statute. Christian art exists to educate, especially in pre literate societies.

[Brass Lamp]

the real point is that a Christian society shouldn’t be expected to look exactly like a non-christian one, because Christians are not obligated to simulate an atheist society. One shouldn’t be surprised to see an aesthetic expression of Christianity in any society which doesn’t expressly forbid it.