Thanks for posting all this. I truly want to have a polite & respectful conversation, so of course my comments are with that in mind.

That said; what are these verses supposed to mean? You can find a Bible verse to support literally just about ANY idea you might have; the left does it to us all the time. (Again; respectfully)

I appreciate you posting these verses, but - to my mind and from my perspective - these just reinforce my stance, which is that these are all examples of a whole lot of people creating graven images and forcing others to worship them, and not worshipping God / Jesus himself.

This sounds like people - humans - playing God / acting like God, and not actually following his will and way.

All these verses; how do they support your stance that having a mere statue of Jesus is a violation of the Second Commandment?