The same way you can not know whether folks "worship" or "idolize" the cloth without being omniscient.
Ah, but you must read more closely.
“The same way you can not know whether folks “worship” or “idolize” the cloth without being omniscient.
I did not claim to know what happens inside their mind or heart, only their outward actions. I wrote this...
“They *apparently believe* it is a talisman or has power to bring them closer to God. It has no power.”