"And I'm not big on idolators"
Me, either. Worshiping idols seems to me to be rather silly.
if you are not Catholic, why should this concern any of you in the slightest? i do not understand why people hop on these threads and start ragging on this stuff when it is not a religion they belong to anyway.
staw man you guys.
The Church doesn't actually teach it is the saints themselves performing the miracles, but rather God performing them with the intercession of the saint.
It is like when I hear my protestant friends say "Pastor Smith has been given a great gift of healing"
or "So-and-so has been given the gift of wisdom"
Well...everyone understands these folks don't possess these gifts of their own power...but through God.
When Pastor Smith "heals" someone - it is through his intercession, not of his own power.
This is how the Church looks at the intercession of the saints.
So...the issue isn't idolatry, what I find is the real issue is how the different faiths treat the issue of christians who have gone to heaven.
Catholics think these souls are still capable of intercession, and are fully aware of earthly events.
It appears to me that non-catholics think these souls are incapable of this.
Good thing the worship of idols doesn't take place in the Catholic Church.