“Because we don’t worship Mary.”
Keep in mind most people aren’t Catholics, and so we’re not brainwashed into thinking that kneeling before altars, offering incense, praying to and exalting people up to the throne of heaven, and pleading for her to save you, is something other than worship.
Don’t expect other people to just think like you guys do, or to feel that not doing what you do is disrespectful to Mary.
Keep in mind most people aren’t Catholics, and so we’re not brainwashed into thinking that kneeling before altars, offering incense, praying to and exalting people up to the throne of heaven, and pleading for her to save you, is something other than worship.If you knew the beauty of the Catholic faith, you would most likely become a Catholic yourself. Your viewpoint of the faith is misleading. A correct version is spelled out here: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm