"You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I
The Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me, but
showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My
Commandments." (Exodus 20:4-6 RSV)
We are all created as small c creators
by his glory. Violation of the Second Commandment takes two general forms;
first, the worship of false gods by means of religious statues or pictures, and
second, the worship of the True God by means of religious statues or
pictures.