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Extreme caution should be taken in embracing the Virgin of Guadalupe, as there is a deep cultural association between her and the pagan Aztec goddess known as “Tonantzin.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantzin

This, by itself, would be less problematic, except that there is now a revival of sorts of a much more dangerous neo-Aztec cult, very strongly opposed by the Catholic church that recognizes its danger. The Santa Muerte cult.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte

“Saint Death”, as it is called, is clearly based on the Aztec goddess “Mictecacihuatl”, their ‘queen of the underworld’.

It is represented by a skeleton wearing ornate Catholic garments. And her cult is supported by the drug cartels. Estimates are as high as 2 million at least casual followers.

And the only thing keeping them from turning into a murder cult like the Thughee of India is the lack of a charismatic leader. The British had to exterminate the Thughee *twice* after they had launched campaigns of indiscriminate slaughter.

Ironically, Mictecacihuatl was far from being the Aztec’s bloodiest diety, as well, so it would be a profoundly bad idea to allow them to enlarge their panoply of gods beyond those they are already embracing.

The Virgin of Guadalupe can be a very virtuous Christian religious icon. But only so long as she is a purely Christian figure.

[ScubieNuc]

It doesn't matter which idol you choose to worship, they are all bad.

Exodus 20:4-5 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;