Literally, '''iconoclasm''' is the destruction of religious [[icon]]s and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. In Christian circles, iconoclasm has generally been motivated by a literal interpretation of the second of the ten commandments, which forbids the making and worshipping of "graven images."This is clearly a misinterpretation of the decalogue because if one continues to read through the Book of [[Exodus]] one would encounter the command to [[Moses]] to build the [[Tabernacle]]; a visible [[icon]] of the invisible God.