Yes, I think your thoughts on this matter are objective. I cannot answer this question on my own except to cite to you a number of paragraphs from the Cathechism of the Catholic Church.
Paragraphs 476-477: Christ’s True Body. These paragraphs reiterate the point made by other posters that because Jesus is God in human form, and because we can see Him in this way, images of Christ are allowable.
Paragraphs 1159-1162: Holy Images. These paragraphs talk about how these icons cannot represent the “invisible and incomprehensible God” who is the Father and Creator of all. All of these signs are related to Christ, and that includes sacred images of Mary and of the saints.
Paragraphs 2129-2132: “You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image…”
In these paragraphs the issues that you raise are directly discussed. The creation of these images are not contrary to the First Commandment because A.) Christ is God in human form and B.) because “God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word.”
thank you very much for your insight
but i hope if you can excuse me , i’m not a christian myself . when i think to study christianity i prefer to focus in what’s exist in words of jesus himself before take under my considerations the openions of scholars , specially when we can find that openions are differs between them
i respect your thoughts and your beliefs , but what i think is that it’s not supported by the teaching of jesus , while you justifying it to yourself but you can’t really know if it was okey or not
from my point of view (it’s not necessery to be true , but that’s what i convinced with ) is that all these verses below prohibit you to make idols in the form of anything , the verses didn’t say " don’t worship the idols " it didn’t say " don’t devine the idols " it dosn’t say don’t equate it with God
rather it says " not make for yourself an idol " , it dosn’t mattar will you worship it or use it in your worship . just don’t make that
Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”
Leviticus 26:1
" 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.
my second clue is about Leviticus 26:1 verses , these commandments are forwarded to jews themselfs , jews never worshiped idols as Gods , the verse dosn’t talking with other idolators , the verses clearly prohibit jews to set up idols ( i think that icons are involved , jews themselfs have the same understanding )
Yes, I would say that is definition I gave you. However, I will answer that the Catholic Church teaches something different. The Church teaches the first three as idolatry, and includes divinizing anything that is not God (money, pleasure, property, women, etc.). However, as stated above, the “use of idols in the worship of God” is limited. These “idols” are representations of the incarnate Word, and therefore do not violate the First Commandment.
do you mean that church teaches something different than that of the bible , or their is something i missing !
, did Muhammed reappear to you?