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Kneeling, yes. Squatting and sitting cross-legged, too, in order to see the idols individually, nose-to-nose so to speak. But they were little Baptists (K-2).

As for "praying to it, lighting candles before it or leaving flowers and other offerings...."

No Christian, Catholic or Baptist, prays to Christmas creches or any other kind of art object. Representational art represents. As the Second Council of Nicaea taught, "...the icon resembles the prototype... The honor passes from the visible image to the prototype depicted."

My son Ben (1st Lt. USMC) just got his "wings" yesterday --- big day. Lots of honorifics shown to flags, wings, medals, USMC and USA symbols. All of it honor. None of it worship.

Most Christian alta, tables, sanctuaries, worship areas, etc. have flowers and candles or at least the usual potted aspidistras. You see a lot of that at weddings and funerals. Nobody is worshiping the table, the newlyweds, the bridesmaids, the casket or the mortal remains of the deceased. Depending n a particular ceremony, everybody is remembering/honoring the marriage, the memory of the deceased, and adoring GOD ALONE.

Practically everybody I've ever met, Catholic or Non-Catholic, including all my Baptist relatives, manage to understand this --- except right here at Free Republic.

This must be some kind of fluke in the Space-Time Continuum.