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See the veneration of mary. She's extremely important to catholicism, but she's never to be revered over the trinity (the same as saints and angels) because that would be idolatry. They don't believe her to be a semi/subordinate god which would be paganism. The hail mary is to ask her to to pray for us. Again, catholicism is based on communal prayer that includes heaven.
Also, I think part of the issue in your understanding is that not all christians see the bible as the final word but to be at least partially interpreted through other writings. Oral traditions of judaism. Hadiths of islam. The catechism for catholics.
Again, mary is an important person in the history of jesus and the foundation of the church. Either way, catholics still support their views on intercession with biblical quotes. Google-fu would be your friend in this instance.
Last, imo, you're conflating or confusing worship (in its modern sense) with reverence/veneration.
There is a huge difference between a specific hermeneutical framework that leads to different interpretations, and taking liberties outside of the text itself.
I'll ask you what I asked the previous poster: What stops us from believing Joseph Smith to be bringing a true addendum to the scripture based on a revelation from God?
What stops us from believing Muhammad didn't do the same?