Thank you for answering my question last week. Maybe the manora was a bad comparison to the christian statues. I won't go into depth with this, but the point I was trying to make was that the statues put christians in a prayerful mood. Aren't there any inanimate objects that put Jews in a prayerful state??..... the actual building , a synagogue, for example, is an inanimate object that puts people in a prayerful state, perhaps.
Also christians may pray to G_d directly, they don't need an intermediary (as shown in "the Our Father" prayer). I know that Catholics ask saints to pray for them. Catholics don't pray to saints. Isn't it true that Jews often ask others to pray for them, just like you ask the JTFers to pray for people sometimes. (please comment)
The other thing I wanted to ask is that, I'm assuming that true (religious) Jews are not allowed to make sculptures (for artistic purposes, not religious). I would think that this is sad that they are not allowed to contribute to this very important art form.