Maybe you are so indoctrinated and propagandized into your Catholic errors that you arent open to anything else is that it?
We pay Mary homage... -koolaidallday
Pot-a-to, pot-ah-to
venerate -
1620s, from L. veneratus, pp. of venerari "to reverence, worship" (see veneration). Related: Venerated, venerating.
Here's a quick answer that you may explore more fully.
"I personally believe that when some people start praying to dead saints instead of going direct to God the Father, I think they may actually be hurting Gods feelings."
"Here God is, sitting up in heaven, only wanting to help us in this life and then all of a sudden He sees one of His own going direct to a dead saint who has no supernatural power on his own to answer any part of their specific prayer request. However, I know He knows that many of His people do it out of ignorance because they really do not know what the Bible says about all of this, and they do not understand how the big picture is all set up."
bible-knowledge.com -full article
So, have you hated Catholics all of your life or was there some life-changing event that made you this way? Or are you a Unitarian?
“I am the Lord your God. You shall not have other gods beside me.” The First Commandment