the saint question is actually really interesting when we compare the germanic response to it. traditionally, it was europeans, including specifically the saxon mercenaries of alexander the great, alongside his macedonians; who flat-out refused to give obeisance to a man. they would claim that only the divine deserve to be bowed down before. in a way, this mirrors this protestant argument. contrary to some of the myths, protestants have no issue with saints, and see no problem with glorifying them and recording and learning about their great deeds in life; the problem came with giving forms of worship to them which the protestant argued were reserved only for god. this idea that we must only bow before god, that we must only pray to god, that we must not do such things to mere mortal men for that is blasphemy; is almost a direct parallel to the germanic and macedonian perspectives of old. i can see how a pagan would resent protestants though. catholicism has allowed paganism to exist underground in a way that was just impossible in protestant nations, and we see this frequently today in places like mexico or africa, where they worship their demonic pagan gods under icons of roman catholicism. the hatred of people considered practicioners of witch-craft and dark-magic, is also something that appears to have been common among the germanics, at least if you read jordanes history of the goths (free to read here if anyone is interested:   stheoriginanddeedsofthegoths1908ed )
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