What was the whole idea of pagan religion?
The whole idea of pagan religion was to keep people steeped in superstition and fear, scared to death of making a wrong move lest the powers that be come down on them. Its adherents feared their gods and the demonic powers in the air around them.
Les explains that this fear was the whole idea of pagan religion: the people were steeped in superstition and scared to death of the power of their gods, knowing the powers of the demons in the air around them. He notes that in America Christianity has been strong enough to hold demon powers at bay, though demonism is coming, while in other areas of the world demonism is rampant and real, as it was at Christ's time and Paul's time. He also points to Haiti and voodooism, which people know has intrinsic satanic power. In Corinth, idolatrous pagans were so aware of the demons of the air that they feared a demon might enter them through meat. To contradict that, they took meat to pagan priests, who put a blessing on it to keep demons off so they could eat safely.