THE Catholic Bible teaches against worshipping idols, images or any lifeless thing. Idolatry makes God angry and Satan happy. So we should not make God angry by worshiping images. We should shun Satan by completely obeying God’s commandments.
The Letter of Jeremiah, one of the Deuterocanonicals from the Catholic Bible, says:
“How can they ever be called gods when women are allowed to make offerings to these things made of wood, silver and gold? The priests even sit in the temples when they are in mourning, with torn clothes and shaved, uncovered heads. The priests roar and shout in the presence of their gods as if they were taking part in a funeral feast. They take the clothing off their gods and give it to their wives and children. It doesn’t matter whether a person helps or harms these gods since they cannot pay him back. They are not able to make anyone a king or to dethrone him, and they cannot make a person wealthy or give him any money. If someone makes a vow to them but does not keep it, they will never make him pay. They can never rescue a person from death, and they never help a weak person against one who is strong. They cannot restore sight to the blind or save anyone in distress. They cannot offer any mercy or give help to widows or orphans. These things made of wood and covered with silver and gold are as powerless as stone taken from the mountains, and the people who worship them will be put to shame. How can anyone think that they are gods or call them gods?” (1:30-40)
A church that is really from God does not encourage sinfulness and does not make Satan happy by continuous sinfulness and idolatry making God furious that he has to wreak havoc on earth with various disasters. (Chito E. Germino of Paknaan, Mandaue City)