Catholics treats statues in the same way as other religious
objects like religious pictures, we honor it.
If someone put your photograph on the wall, and then do offensive
things to the photograph like stab a knife on it or burn it, and
you watch all these things happen, will you feel offended? Why? Is
it because your spirit is inside the picture? Or you are the
picture? No right?
It is the same with the opposite, if someone honors the picture
(maybe because you have done something great, just as example),
will you feel pleased? Of course, right?
God is almighty omnipotent omnipresence, and not a single thing
happens anywhere in the universe without His knowledge. In my
simple mind, I feel that He will be offended when you do offensive
things to His image and pleased when you honor them, not because He
or His spirit is inside the image or He is the image itself.
This is to make you understand why Catholics honor religious items.
If you understand, you can see that these statues and images are
not idols at all, but if you refuse to understand that, no one can
stop you.
Catholics honor cross with Jesus Christ on it, it is called
crucifix. It also reminds us that it is us who crucify Him with our
sins, our negligence, our disobedient, our evil thoughts, our
indifference toward Him, etc. It reminds us that we have been
redeemed by Christ with His real sufferings, with His body and
blood, that every time we sin, we would be adding His
sufferings.
And another thing, although Catholic Church permits honoring
religious items, She does not teach to worship religious items. Any
catholic who do that is doing in his/her own accord. If you don't
know what Catholic Church teach, I suggest, before making any
judgment on the teaching, don't go to Google and click only the
links that catch your interest, but click on the links on official
Church websites, fair enough?
again it will be best to see what the bible says about this
honouring stuff that u mentioned..u make very valid worldly
views.
sorry as i dont remember every word the bible says, just tat
maybe it slipped my mind that we can actually have such holy
artifects being built to remind people in worships.neither do i
remember JC mentions anything about having honoury idols to serve
as reminders. what he did said was to keep doing what he done
during the last supper with regards to the bread and wine being his
body and blood..