What is the reason for the statues?

[EzraJacob]

I herd a non-Catholic talk about how Catholics are wrong for creating statues and useing them, that it is a sin because of how the Old testament declares that one shall not make an image of anything heavenly. What is the reason for the statues?

 

[Devon_Caffran]

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