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In case you're wondering, the actual issue with idolatry is entirely moral. And it's about authority. By worshiping idols you ascribe power and agency to what is unreal. Any being besides God, whether an inanimate object, a mythological character, or even a human being, cannot in any way tell you what objective morality is. People can grasp at natural law, but it's always subject to debate. The actual proper, objective moral framework can only be revealed by God who, knowing the reactions of everyone who is exposed to the Law, will create a perfect, non-linear solution to the problem of living in a society. The entire purpose of having a divine law in the first place is to supersede the crude and rudimentary laws that human established to live among one another. And humans are political animals first and foremost, we are designed to live among one another. As a consequence, the ability to have a constitution that satisfies our needs and keeps the peace is absolutely important, and the highest good can only come by obeying God, who is the only one who can tell you, out of the infinite variables that make up our universe, what the optimal way of life is.

So the danger of idolatry is not that God is stomping his feet in anger because you're bowing to a statue. At best, you seem like an idiot. The real danger is that you ascribe power to what which has none, instead of listening to the one who possesses all the power in the world and who alone can save you from your troubles.