If this is where the Catholic religion left it, maybe I wouldn't be so sure in my view of them as IDOLATERS.
When praying to these "saints" to pray on one's behalf, there is the automatic response of reverence for these human beings-- a reverence that lends itself to rival the reverence deserved only for our GOD and Savior.
Furthermore, praying to these "saints" does very little to foster the Biblical truth of our abilities to "boldly approach the throne."
Instead of "asking our Father", trusting in Our Father, and believing in the ability and willingness of our Father to answer our call, the practice of praying to others to pray for us lends itself to asking, trusting, and believing in the ability and willingness of whoever we are praying to, that they might do something on our behalf.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
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James 1:17
To call Catholicism a religion of idolatry is not a stretch at all.
While we're at it, there is not much good we should say about the theology of the Mormons and JW's too.
The people may be nice, but their belief system is flawed, faulty, wrong, false.
The belief systems of the Jehovah Witnesses, Catholicism, and Mormonism will not lead anyone to eternal life with Jesus Christ
as these belief systems do not encourage a biblical faith in, "the only wise God our Savior, {to whom be} glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."
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Jude 1:25
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