The list of those who think it is avoda zara is long and includes most modern authorities, and the list of those who think it is not for non-Jews is shorter but also long (starting w/ Meiri), and it s very annoying when people quote sources from one side only, as if this is a football competition.
should we treat them as sofek?
I do not see anyone differentiating between different groups? Are they all the same indeed?
How do we treat individuals, who might be clueless. Anecdotally, one ger reports that when he started explaining to a devout relative why we don’t think that 3=1, the relative admitted that she never really understood why 3=1 herself …