[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

You clearly missed the thrust of my argument entirely. You do not bow to statues of Mary, the Ark, Bronze Serpents. You bow to God. The "things" put you in mind of God. In and of themselves they are powerless, except when God works through them, which He sometimes does.

"For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all."

But yet, the "thing" remains. Do you understand?

[CynicalBear]

>>But yet, the "thing" remains. Do you understand?<<

No, the thing does not remain. When the Israelites began to treat it as you suggest it was commanded to be destroyed.

[metmom]

You do not bow to statues of Mary, the Ark, Bronze Serpents.

Really?

Looks like SOME Catholics bow to statues of Mary.

You can deny it all you want but your credibility tanks severely when you deny what is patently obvious to anyone who can see.