[paladinan]

...and some people don't know English etymology, very well.

"Worship" = "worth-ship" = "condition of being worthy"; even in older marriage ceremonies, the bride and groom said to each other, "With my body, I thee worship"... which didn't, despite all hysterical Catholic-phobic interpretations to the contrary, mean that the bride and groom were committing idolatry. The modern meaning of the word "worship" is what used to be meant by the word "adoration" (which is now used, ironically, for babies, kittens, etc.).

[CynicalBear]

Revelation 14:7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."

Worship belongs to God alone.

[daniel1212]

The modern meaning of the word "worship" is what used to be meant by the word "adoration"

The Bible describes worship, and its descriptions, which is more than bowing, indict Catholics as idolators.

One would have a hard time in Bible times explaining kneeling before a statue and praising the entity it represented in the unseen world, even with adulation, attributes, glory and titles 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 addressed to them, and beseeching such for Heavenly help, and making offerings to them.

Which would constitute worship in Scripture, yet Catholics imagine by playing word games they 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?

They should do what Mary and every believer in every prayer to Heaven did (and I should do more of), which was to pray directly to the Lord, not secretaries. But they must truly become born again for that.

Instead Caths basically say,

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes... (Jeremiah 44:16-17)