The spirit of the world is warring against the Spirit
of God and to whatever spirit a person yields, that
spirit will dominate his human spirit and or body.
In the Old Testament, when Satan came before God,
he complained that he could not touch Job because of
the spiritual hedge of protection God had placed around him.
The scripture clearly states that the images and statues have
no power in themselves, but have dangerous evil spirits
inhabiting them or using them as a point of contact.