It’s not my church, not by denomination—never seen that before.
Besides being rather tasteless “art” yes, I do think it violates:
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them;” (Exodus 20:4,5 from the 10 Commandments)
I don’t.
Because no one worships that statue. It’s like a photo of your child. It’s to remind one of Jesus.
If no one intended to “worship” that statue, then it is not idolatry, because that is not the intent.
Saying that Catholics “worship” Mary because of one’s own interpretation is the same as people saying we are bigots because we don’t like Obama. They say it’s because of the color of his skin. That’s what it looks like to them. So it must be true.
How absolutely wrong.