You already admitted that they are in the likeness of man and meant to portray God.
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
There can be no doubt that those images fit the passage of Romans 1:22
Are these folks, therefore, idol worshipers? Why or why not?