The Bible says not to bow down to statues. Catholics bow down to statues. What has the type of prayer to do with it?
You're missing the point...we're not bowing down to the statue, we're engaged in prayer.
Do the members of whatever odd sect to which you belong not kneel when in prayer?
Do you not grasp the simple concept of intercessory prayer?
Catholics do not bow down to statues. They bow down to the cross (do you?) and before the altar in the church, and they kneel when praying to God. Sometimes in prayers they ask good people (saints and others) who have departed the earth and who are now with God, to intercede on their behalf with God. In the end, direct or indirect communication with God is the object of all prayer.