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The Catholic Encyclopaedia states that believers are “to worship God and then to pray, first to Saint Mary, and the holy apostles, and the holy martyrs, and all God's saints, that they would intercede for them to God. In this way they learned to look up to the saints in heaven with feelings of confidence and affection, to consider them as friends and protectors, and to implore their aid in the hour of distress, with the hope that God would grant to the patron what he might otherwise refuse to the supplicant.” 198
This is not biblical at all and was not taught by any of the prophets. This is an invention of the Catholic Church. These saints are avatars of pagan gods. 80
As mentioned in the section ‘Christianity becomes the state religion of Rome’, pagan statues (of gods) were relabelled.
R. Graves, a mythographer, classicist states: “the Goddess Venus became St. Venere; the Goddess Artemis, St. Artemidos; the Gods Mercury and Dionysus, St. Mercourios and Dionysius; the Sun-god Helios, St. Elias.” 199
Historian H.R. Hays mentions “Since the Babylonians had some five thousands gods, there were plenty to choose from. Many of these were duplications of the same basic divine entity;” 200
Historian Henry S Williams states: “Every month and every day of the month was under the protection of a particular divinity.” 201
The gods of Babylon became the gods of Rome, and their names changed. 202
According to Durant the Roman’s word for god was “Deus” which also meant Saint. 203
The statistics above (Catholic Church Saint’s Feast Days) are a modest count (taken from catholic.org) of the saint days (feast days) per month celebrated, and the number is increasing per year. 204
According to Historian Durant there were gods of every need, never had a religion had so many gods. 203
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The saints you are praying to are avatars of pagan gods. Prayer to the saints is known as hagiolatry. 213
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