Are Comic Cons Modern-Day Pagan Festivals?

Years ago, I was a huge DC Comics fan, and I cosplayed Wonder Woman. I have since burned that identity - literally - as the Lord revealed to me that I was struggling with idolatry.

Recently, I was reading Acts 19:24-41, which mentions the pagans in Ephesus who worshipped Diana of Ephesus. The moment that I read verse 24, I thought of Wonder Woman and my old life of cosplaying her.

"For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen" Acts 19:24 KJV

After reading this, I began to research the origin of Wonder Woman's name, Diana. Wonder Woman was named after the Roman goddess Diana, who is the adaptation of the Greek goddess Artemis, also known as Diana of Ephesus.

Thus, Wonder Woman was inspired by a false god -- a demon. The creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, further drew inspiration from feminists, such as Margaret Sanger - a proponent of abortion rights. Marston himself was involved in aquarian spiritualism and lived a polyamorous life with two women, one of whom was a niece of Margaret Sanger's. Undoubtedly, all of these factors were built into Wonder Woman.

And I used to cosplay that.

I next researched how ancient greeks worshipped their gods. During Greek festivals, the pagans would honor their gods through costume, and some believed that they were channeling those spirits. This is important.

Satan's scheme involves perverting God's intent. (Genesis 3:1-4¹; Acts 13:10²). God wants us in His own image. (Genesis 1:27³). Through pagan festivals, Satan entices people into embracing demonic images, instead.

Comic Cons are full of imitations of demons, witches and other rebellious figures. These events create an environment, where it becomes acceptable to glorify figures that are in contradiction to God. Most people at these cons would probable say that they do not worship their characters. But one does not have to know they are idolatrous to be idolatrous. (Hosea 4:6⁴).

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^{1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, "Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?" 2 "Of course we may eat from the trees in the garden," the woman replied. 3 "It's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, 'You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.'" 4 "You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman. Genesis 3:1-4 NLT}

^{2 Then he said, "You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?" Acts 13:10 NLT}

^{3 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 NLT}

^{4 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6 KJV}