Beware of the Catholic tactic of reducing the argument to being that of merely bowing or kneeling, versus adoration manifest such as kneeling or prostrating oneself before a statue and praising the entity it represented in the unseen world, beseeching such for Heavenly help, and making offerings to them, and giving glory and titles and ascribing attributes to such which are never given in Scripture to created beings (except to false gods), including having the uniquely Divine power glory to hear and respond to virtually infinite numbers of prayers individually addressed to them
Which manner of adulation would constitute worship in Scripture, yet Catholics imagine that by playing word games then they can avoid crossing the invisible line between mere "veneration" and worship.
Moses, put down those rocks! I was only engaging in hyper dulia, not adoring her. Can't you tell the difference?
The real Mary of Scripture only prayed to the Lord in Heaven, never to anyone else, which is never seen among the approx. 200 prayers in Scripture - except by pagans.
