GHSTHA wrote:
ryld wrote:
Tony, I never discussed whether or not your church worships them. The discussion is your church's claim of their being those idols' caretaker.
O.K. so why is it problematic that the Church claims to be a caretaker of these pieces of art?

Ok, Tony.  Picture Paul or Peter or any other Apostle being the caretaker of those idols.  Paul certainly didn't call them "art" in Athens. 

16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

 17Therefore disputed he.......

And Paul called this idolatry: 

 22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

 23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Then he said:

30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:  Acts 17


Now "repent" means to "turn away".  Paul was admonishing them to turn away from these idols.  Whereas your church presents them in all their glory to the whole world who comes to see them.