can people just stop horse-ing around with this shit.................

i'm not catholic.
and that just means the puritans lied.

I would argue for the puritans. Worshipers of the devil might be a bit dramatic, but think of it this way: Do you know much about Satanism? In one sentence; satanism is about worshiping yourself. This is only mildly relevant. Catholism was all about personal power, politics and strengthening the church's power in society. And by catholism I mean mostly the church itself, and those in it.


From an outside perspective you might see people worshipping idols, following the words of men more than the message of God. When you stray away from the path, and follow false idols, do you not worship the devil? I could phrase everything a bit better, but I hope you'll agree At least that's what the puritans thought.

well that is literally just the "no true scotsman" fallacy.

I would think praying to saints also could add to that perspective. Praying to humans rather than God could be taken as idol worship

That should've been part of my comment. Sorry for my terrible, and a bit ambiguous wording.

No worries. I thought it was an interesting perspective, I never really thought about that