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you are not answering the question:
If I ask you to pray for me, would that be me worshipping you as an idol?
the answer is no, because I am not worshipping you, I am asking you to intercede on my behalf. That is how Catholics view Mary. She is a person, and we are asking her to pray to God on our behalf.
Your attribution of idol-worship is false and incorrect. Mary is a person who is very close to God. We Catholics just ask her to pray to God on our behalf.
Then I ask you to please show me, in scripture, where praying to Mary (or ANYONE other than the Father) is a scripturally sound idea. You keep denying the words of Jesus, but offer no retort showing such actions are biblical, or the command of ANYONE other than the Pope. Jesus was CLEAR that prayer is to Him or the Father. NO ONE, Not Mary, not John the Baptist, not Ezekiel, NO ONE else is worthy of prayer but the father. Unless you can show me a scripture proving otherwise, you. are. wrong.
First, I think your definition of the word pray is too narrow. Pray does not mean "to worship". Pray means to ASK or to PETITION:
Definition of PRAY (dictionary.com)
There are MANY examples of this in western English literature.
Second, to give you scripture references: Jos 5:14 Dan 8:17 Tob 12:16 1 Jn 3:2 Col 4:3 1 Thess 5:25 Eph 6:18-19 Mk 12:26-27
Not a single one of those passages hints to "asking" a dead person to "pray to God on your behalf".
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