You wrote:
“The problem was actually unscrupulous merchants who took advantage of poor pilgrims. People would travel for days to make their required offerings at the Temple and the animal sellers and money changers took advantage of that and made huge profits. That is what angered Christ.”
What you said in a paragraph I said in one sentence.
“And Mary is worshiped.”
Not by Catholics she isn’t.
“I have seen people post things about how that doesn’t happen.”
In other words, you’ve seen people post the truth and you chose to ignore it.
“Then I read some writing from the Catholic church showing that clearly she is.”
No, actually you never did. You can’t read what doesn’t exist.
“But you know what? I won’t change your mind, and you won’t change my mind, so debate is a waste of electrons.”
But you know what? Someone who chooses to ignore the truth and makes up falsehoods isn’t interested in debate. Like I said, Catholics posted the truth and you chose to ignore it. Sure sounds like wilfull ignorance to me.
That's odd, as I see many instances of Catholics asking Mary to intercede for things. That is worship in most people's books.
Mary was an ordinary woman asked to do extraordinary things.
The only truth is Christ. Not gaudy robed popes. Not layers of priest and bureaucrats created to put a division between man and Christ.
This all so simple when one reads and seeks to understand Scripture. No one who reads Scripture can think God had any intention of creating a Pharisee type replacement for what He came to abolish.