The gold sinks in the bathroom I could wave off, but the life - size bronze statues of Robert Schuller at the front doors (yes, statues, plural), seemed to go against the second commandment. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The medieval church also produced artistic representations of Christ, but many Protestants assailed these icons, tapestries, and paintings as violations of the second commandment, smashing and burning many of them as they had opportunity. (firstthings.com)
Their intentions may have been quite the contrary, but in calling for this change in emphasis they have in fact put the second commandment in place of the first and, in so doing, turned the first into little more than an engine for human betterment. (firstthings.com)