Seriously Catholics how is this not idolatry?

God doesn't really care about idolatory, that's a protestant myth

lol just post a few selfies from a sermon and god will recognize you as his flock

Im pretty sure you're trolling but still >defending idolatry this much

Protestant definition of idolatry isn't even Biblical.

1. It has to be directed towards false gods
2. the statues themselves are literally considered gods are worshipped as such
3. sacrifices are conducted in their honor; in sacred scripture, this could be even human sacrifice

Catholics worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The statues are representations.
Catholics re-present Christ's Passion, which serves as the altar sacrifice of thanksgiving for eternity

In all seriousness there isn't any problem if the end goal is the glorification of God, which it is. God picked Mary to be the mother of Jesus Christ. Honoring her is honoring Gods will.

I guess its ok for me to murder then if tue end goal is to glorify God

Murder is a sin. Venerating Mary for the glory of God is not.

Idolatry is a sin though which you just defended

This is correct. I think the misunderstanding generally comes from Protestants having IQs below 90 and being unable to understand the difference between a physical statue and what the statue represents. When they see people praying in front of one they can't really separate the two so they think people are literally praying to the statue itself and not to the person who it represents.

American Protestants have less understanding of Christian doctrine than Ethiopians, sad but true.

Venerating Mary is not idolatry. Never has been. Never will be. See