E.g., is this an idol?:
Or this:
These are both graven images of males. If they are not idols, why not?
Nope, it’s comparing what Catholics do to what is described as idolatry in scripture. I can watch some Bishop or Priest of the Pope burning incense in front of some statue and read scripture to get a perspective.
Deut 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female (KJV)
Hosea 11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. (KJV)
But I’m sure I will hear something like this back from Catholics.
Jer 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes
E.g., is this an idol?:
Or this:
These are both graven images of males. If they are not idols, why not?