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Christianity has absorbed many Gods,turning them into saints

Gods to saints? Where did you get that from?

Did I mention I was brought up Catholic and have a degree in Social Anthropology?

Over the last few decades the Catholic church has been quietly removing some of the more dubious traditional saints from the official list.

Catholics all over the world have saints' festivals in which a statue of the saints paraded publicly with great pomp. Many of the festivals are pre Christian in origin.

Perhaps due to the relatively recent time line, specific examples are fairly easy to spot in Central and South American countries.


Harder to see in the British Isles where Churches have been built on pre Christian sacred sites. Scared springs,ponds,rivers and other waterways were absorbed into Christian lore. All have, their own saints,who may or may not have existed.

Judaism did the same kind of things as did Islam.

An interesting reference for England is "Thames; Sacred River" by Peter Ackroyd. This a vast subject, heaps on line.