1) Mary is dead...awaiting her resurrection like the rest of the dead
2) Mary has no power therefore to intervene on the behalf of one for their sins or salvation-Christ is our only Mediator
3) Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: Deuteronomy 5:8,9