Now, now, pillut . . .
we are supposed to ignore the RC’s rubber dictionary and rubber Bible.
prayer means prayer except when it doesn’t.
Intense adoration, reverence, veneration . . . = worship except when they don’t.
And, yes, one could construe RC theology to be a variation of THE MATRIX version . . . 5 or 6 or maybe even version 666 perhaps depending on the variation involved.
But mostly I think it’s another variation on humanity’s very human tendencies to politically control things; manage things; decide things . . . even supposed truth.
What kind of Bible teaches you to resort to derision and namecalling instead of actually discussing the issues?
Check that pride, did an angel come down and give you the scriptures?
Look up the meaning of "latria" and "dulia". It's a translation problem.