Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
As the resident Christian fundie, I can say that we have no problem with such statues. We would disagree with worshipping them obviously, but our answer would not be to go on an iconoclastic rampage and destroy thousands of years or heritage.
Maybe you're not fundie enough.
All idolatry and occult like these statues is part of the devil's devious plan to distract people from god, just like TV and the internet (except the bible channel). Maybe most fundies wouldn't go and smash them but that's because they're not in their own country and they're not in the government. ISIS have them in "their country" and ISIS are the de-facto government, so they set out to destroy the occult idols that distract from the one true faith. The bible has this advice about cutting off your hand if it prevents you from serving god, why would a pagan statue/false god/demonic idol be saved?