No I am not in error D-Fender...that is not an accurate comparison. Catholics don’t bow down or worship Lincoln’s statue...nor do they place biblical religious meanings to honoring Him,or pray to him via proxy.... though many believe he was a Christian....And they don’t other statues of our nations leaders.
Ok, then, it’s not that it’s a statue (or man made likeness), not the bowing in front of, nor the praying in front of that makes an idol an idol.
Can you please try to define precisely what makes an idol an idol now? Nothing extraneous to the determining factors, only what it is that makes it an idol?