B. Seems incredible people could carve something and call it a god. But easy to understand the process. God is unseen, which is hard to comprehend. Bit by bit the image ceases to represent God and begins to take the place of God. Example of bronze serpent.
Christian symbols can go through same process.
But then superstition takes over. The paradox is that idolatry starts out with good intentions. An aid to worship becomes the barrier to worship. The twentieth century has its idols also. When things become more important than people, idolatry enters.