What was the purpose of pagan religion according to Les?
Pagan religion kept people steeped in superstition and fear, holding them terrified of their gods and the demonic powers in the air. Its purpose was to control behavior through dread of the powers that be, so they were scared to make a wrong move. Priests also blessed meat to keep demons away.
Les explains that the whole idea of pagan religion was to keep people steeped in superstition and scared to death of the power of their gods. They knew all too well the powers of the demons in the air around them, so they were afraid to make a move in the wrong direction for fear that the powers that be would come down on them. He also points to the idolatrous pagans in Corinth, whose superstitious minds feared a demon could enter through meat. They took their meat to pagan priests, who put a blessing on it to keep the demons off so they could eat it safely.