ryld wrote,

We weren't talking about "worship".
In your statement you said, "pagan idol." Idols were worshiped in paganism.

We were talking about your church's caretakership of these items.  It was not "art", Tony.
They viewed it both as an idol and as a work of art.

It was for the purpose of worship for those who believed in Venus.
So are we now talking about "worship"?

It is an idol, not "art".  It is artist, but it is an artistic idol.
Is that not a contradiction of your entire premise on this particular post?