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Thank you illustating my thesis: seven paragraphs, and an out-and-out misrepesentation of Catholic belief/ practice in each and every one. This is not dialogue. This is dual monologues, running down parallel tracks, never to meet.

For the lurkers and readers out there.

>>Where as we can point to specific Scripture that forbids these activities the catholic cannot point to a specific Scripture that allows the worship of a created being or thing.<<

Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols; Worship Him, all you gods. Psalms 97:7

>>We have specific examples in the NT of the apostles/disciples telling others who've bowed before them to get up and not worship them. <<

25When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him. 26But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am just a man.” Acts 10:25-26

8I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.” Revelation 22:8-9

>>The catholic, per catholic writings, is told to place all of their faith and trust in Mary in contrast to the Word which tells us to place all of our trust and faith in Christ and Christ alone.<<

In this shrine, so dear to the heart of Catholics in your country, it is a message of hope among spiritual and physical tribulations which the Mother of the Lord gave to her children in 1798, announcing to them: "Have trust, be willing to suffer hardship and sorrow. I have already granted your prayers. Henceforth all those who come to pray to me in this spot will see their wishes fulfilled. ". Pope John Paul II to Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung Archbishop of Ha Noi President of the Episcopal Conference of Viet Nam. https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=480

>>The catholic in the various apparitions an image claiming to be Mary yet who teaches a different message than that found in the Word. The promises of the apparition at Fatima are illustrative of this.

"Finally, devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, our Most Holy Mother, consists in considering Her as the seat of mercy, of goodness and of pardon, and as the sure door of entering Heaven."http://www.gotquestions.org/lady-fatima.html

>>These apparitions have told the catholic to wear a scapular and if they do they would "be preserved from the eternal flames." <<

The Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel has promised to save those who wear the scapular from the fires of hell; She will also shorten their stay in purgatory if they should pass from this world still owing some debt of punishment. This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and, speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular, said, “I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in purgatory I shall free so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting.”

The Blessed Virgin assigned certain conditions which must be fulfilled:

Wear the Brown Scapular continuously.

Observe chastity according to one’s state in life (married/single).

Recite daily the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin OR Observe the fasts of the Church together with abstaining from meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays OR With permission of a priest, say five decades of Our Lady’s Most Holy Rosary OR With permission of a priest, substitute some other good work. http://www.sistersofcarmel.com/brown-scapular-information.php

This is just the tip of the iceberg on the false teachings of Mary by the roman catholic church. Trust me....there's plenty more.