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A quick primer on Saints: from the 10 Commandments…
…but having over 10,000 Saints, whom people buy figures and pictures of, then pray to them “to intercede for them before the one and only true God”, is fine.
The number has increased by something like 2,000 new ones in just the last couple decades. Nowadays there are Saints for everything, like:
Yes, there are duplicates, so people can pick their favorite. And yes, there are all sorts of collectibles.
Gotta catch em all
There have always been local gods for everything.
This is why Catholicism has historically been such a sucessful religion, it’s inherently quite syncretic.
It adapts to local conditions and incorporates aspects, just like capitalism and viruses.
Ironic but entirely expected