I watched a documentary called “Convinced.” It’s a series of witnesses by protestants and atheists who “crossed the Tiber” and became Catholic. The most difficult thing, especially for Protestants, was to understand the devotion Catholics have to Mary. There is a lot of misinformation out there. Archbishop Fulton Sheen said that there are thousands of people who hate what they think are the teachings of the Catholic Church but very very few (now maybe a lot with the Muslim invasion) who hate what are truly the teachings of the Church. I challenge you to read Hail Holy Queen by Scott Hahn which goes into the scriptural Mary.
I challenge you to compare catholic teachings/writings on mary with the Word and see if they stack up.
No where does the Word accord Mary the title "queen"....or the many other false titles accorded to her by catholicism.
You're correct....Christians have a very hard time understanding why Catholicism has so elevated Mary to the position(s) she now occupies when it is not supported anywhere in the Word.
The title of the book is blasphemous enough Heaven has a King not a queen
Devotion given to Mary is devotion not given to God.
Prayer given to Mary is prayer not given to God.
Anything given to Mary that rightly belongs to God and God alone, robs God of His glory and makes an idolater out of the person.