When people are still under the law it is not uncommon the need for “something” else...or “something more” than Christ and His sufficiency... and becomes necessary in which to validate to themselves they are worthy “enough”.
The fact you mentioned being “Permitted” to make images attest to an attitude of law...of which we are no longer bound to.
No..my arguement is not only that of making images..which is where you want to take this discussion...my arguement is that of Mary worship, and that of other departed people being sought as intercessor’s. Christ is the only mediator need and has asked us to bring all our requests to Him...never once has He directed we go thru people who have departed...and in fact warned us not to attempt to do such things.
Trying to make an arguement of the departed as being alive or dead is fruitless. They are not here....and indeed He is the God of the Living who are Here. You are attempting to evade the issue that catholics do place the departed and Mary on the same or higher level than Christ..their behavior attest to this.
” catholics do place the departed and Mary on the same or higher level than Christ...”
All Catholics as your sentence implies?