Originally Posted by fredtgreco

Sorry, Adam, way too busy to go over this well-trod ground. But I have made exegetical, historical and theological arguments in the following threads you may want to peruse:

'Pictures' of Jesus

Images and the 2nd commandment

There are likely more, but these are pretty broad. For the most part, I was interacting with Paul Manata, who as I remember wound up changing his view on the 2nd commandment to the Confessional position (not necessarily because of my arguments).