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"And we keep telling you that it's not. Why can't you simply accept this as an honest answer? Those who try to tack the "Mary as Goddess" thing onto Catholics do so for purely dishonest polemical reasons--not because the criticism has any basis in fact. I hope you are not one of those people."
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As a Christian I worry about those that might get caught up in false doctrine. I see statues, people praying to Mary etc. and it sure looks like they've been taught to go somewhere other than the source of our salvation, Jesus. In times of trouble usually the first words out of my mouth are "JESUS help me..." not "oh Mary full of grace..."

As a Christian I worry about those that might get caught up in false doctrine. I see statues, people praying to Mary etc. and it sure looks like they've been taught to go somewhere other than the source of our salvation, Jesus. In times of trouble usually the first words out of my mouth are "JESUS help me..." not "oh Mary full of grace..."

Keep in mind, there are 1 billion plus Catholics in the world. The Catholic Faith is deep, wide, ancient and incredibily rich. We do not exclude people because they chose to ask the Saints to pray for them, just as we don't exclude people who ask their living friends and family to pray for them. Indeed, Catholics see no difference between the living Church here on Earth, and the Living Communion of Saints in Heaven. Both are available to intercede for us with Christ.

Of course, we absolutely would exclude anyone who taught that Mary or any of the Saints was greater than or equal to the Holy Trinity.

And don't worry--within the Catholic Church there is no lacking of true WORSHIP of Christ. If you have ever watched a traditional Tridentine Rite Mass, that fact would come forth loud and clear.