Thou shalt have no other gods, before me. There is but one Father, one God, one person that should be worshipped as Holy and Righteous. No flesh man can claim that right on this Earth or in Heaven.
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Don’t you worship your mother when you ask her to pray for you? Don’t you know that’s idolatry?
To suggest Catholics and Orthodox worship other gods is preposterous and ignorant.
“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!” Mark 12:27
“We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8
Asking the prayers of those in heaven in no way detracts from the worship of God anymore than asking someone on Earth to pray for us.
Maybe Protestants should stop asking their friends to pray for them because it creates another intercessor between them and God.
http://www.protomartyr.org/prayer.html