So what's up with saints and why do protestants hate

>>2703663
syncretism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat

They were handed out like Snickers for whoever sucked the Pope's dick the hardest.

They also granted sainthood to really really awful people, such as Saint Cyril

They're not quite as made up as the rest of the cult.

>>2703663
>So what's up with [the veneration and worship of] saints and why do protestants hate th[at] so much?

>>2703742
Ok, answer the emended question then

>people other than jesus can be holy
Ever heard of the original sin retards?

>>2703802
Matthew 20:1-16

>For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
>Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen...

>>2703818
1 Corinthians 3:5-7

>Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Now there is a difference between worshipping the saints and praying to them, venerating them, and remembering their deeds as a personal witness.

>>2703825
Acts 14:8-17

>And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
>And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
>Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
>Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And then the Jews convinced the Lystrians to stone them :^)

>>2703672
or sain Olof, famous for the very Christ like act of forced conversion

>>2703663
They oppose the worship of saints because they oppose idolatry and paganism

>>2703818
Whether you believed in Christ and converted numerous people throughout your life or repented and believed toward the endyoi still receive the same reward- eternal life.
>>2703825
Paul makes a point that there no distinction among servants of God, even if they have differing jobs it is God who makes spiritual gifts grow.
>>2703839
Paul makes it clear that worshipping the saints for the miracles they perform is outright wrong- only God deserves the glory.

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>>2703663
because they are the next rung in the ladder of civilization decline