Hoytail,
I have to say you are entitled to your right to believe and create your own morality. Im not saying i feel the exact same way b/c I really dont do the whole religion thing, but I believe that your personal spiritual beliefs should be personal to you, and not based on what someone else does or believes yours should be. I respect your opinions and beliefs and i dont really think that it should matter if someone puts something on a pedastool or not. Its probably hipocritical of anyone to say that they dont put anything up on a pedastool as well. In others opinion putting a god or spiritual being up on a pedastool is ridiculous. Could you imagine the responses though if someone were to say "Why do some put Jesus Christ, or mother Mary up on a pedastool. It would be seen as complete blasphomy? and probably be deleted. So why bust on people for being/believing/living their lives/setting their standards a certain way?
Derek