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trictly speaking, the Christian church, from the outside can look rather polytheistic, and idolatrous. Take the Trinity for a start, then think about Mary and the apostles, all the Saints, Angels and Demons that exist in the history and folk-lore. Think about the statues of Mary, or St. Paul that people kneel in front of and pray to.
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Thats the Catholic church (I'm catholic, I know). However if you look at where those came from... many came from polytheistic cultured converted, many came from Islam.
The good/bad angel on your shoulder? Islamic. Many of the specific angels we now accept, rooted in Islam. They were brought over during the Crusades. So your point is mute considering "our" culture is a hybrid of everyone's elses. This isnt a custum, it's a planned destruction of a declared holy site for a freaking parking lot.