[caww]

....”denied by virtually every Catholic”....

Well they ‘have to deny” they worship Mary...that is what they are suppose to do and been taught to say...

“We walk by faith, not by sight” [2 Corinthians 5:7]. We don’t need ‘objects’ in order to concentrate in worship or prayer....but catholic’s do.

They didn’t listen to God’s warnings when they brought into the church pagan teachings, rites and rituals when they first started this...and they don’t want to hear it now either....

....“Thou shalt not ‘make’ unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.”...

[CynicalBear]

Do you realize that is not in the list of ten commandments that Catholics use?

http://www.the-ten-commandments.org/romancatholic-tencommandments.html

[boatbums]

I was just picturing the Israelites, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai and saw them worshiping the golden calf, and them yelling, "We aren't worshiping it we're venerating!" ;o)