[BipolarBob]

" and they had supernatural powers"

That's why people prayed to them like Catholics pray to Mary.

[Tired of Taxes]

No, that's not what we're doing. This is greatly misunderstood by protestants.

Catholics pray to God. Some Catholic prayers ask for the Blessed Mother or the saints to pray to God for us too.

Now, that's where Protestantism and Catholicism may differ. But we're not praying to the saints or to Mary as if the saints or Mary are gods.