Look at the context…“Thou shalt make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them”
The POINT of this commandment is that we shall not worship any of these THINGS as if they were GOD. But, if you stick to your “face value” method of interpretation, you should re-examine John Chapter 6…for starters.
Much love in Jesus from a former Protestant who by God’s grace has come to the knowledge of the truth…the fullness of which is only to be found in the Catholic Church, led by God himself through Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th successor to the Apostle Peter.
Dominus Vobiscum,
Johnny