@wayne,
Was not the self-sacrifice of Christ enough ? In the church I was baptized we did not have statues, just an empty cross... I like the catholic Church for intergrating all different kinds of worship in their rituals. Especially the worship of Madonna. It is a sure way of survival.
The Dutch Reformed Church I belong(ed) to merged with other churches. The buiding my great-grandfather
co-founded is no longer a Church but was tuned into a theatre. Arts triomph over protestantism !