Knowing the names of false gods mentioned in the Bible-- a refutation against the charges of Protestants that Catholics worship pagan gods

Our Lady and the Archangels and Saints (Source: st.takla.org)

Some protestant sects particularly all Born-Again groups, the Ang Dating Daan of Eliseo Soriano and the Iglesia Ni Cristo® of Felix Manalo accused Catholics of worshiping "gods" which according to them were in the Bible. However, they couldn't point out where it's written in the Scriptures the names of Mary, the Blessed Mother, or Joseph, the foster father of Jesus or any of the saints were among the "gods".  In fact, the Scriptures is very clear  that the saints in heaven were offering our prayers in the form of incense, in our behalf before the Throne of the Lamb, the saints who "washed their clothes" in the blood of the Lamb, offering prayers before the Throne of the Lamb (see Revelations 4:4, 6; 5:8; 7:9-17;  8:4 ).

Pastors and ministers who use the Scripture to deceive our pooly-catechized brethren must be exposed! Rise Up Catholics! And pray to saints for their conversion!

False gods/goddesses mentioned in the Holy Scriptures
NAME	WHERE WORSHIPED	DESCRIPTION	WHERE IN SCRIPTURE
Artemis (Diana)	Asia	many-breasted fertility goddess	Acts 19:28
Asherah symbol - a pole	Canaan	goddess of the sea wife of El	Judges 3:7 1 Kings 18:19 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 15:16; 24:18
Ashtoreth (Astarte Queen of Heaven)	Canaan Sidon	mother-goddess fertility goddess	Judges 2:13; 10:6 1 Samuel 12:10 1 Kings 11:5, 33 Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-25
Baal	Canaan	young storm god chief god of Canaan until the Exile; the name Baal is often linked with place names, such as Gad, Peor, etc	Judges 2:13 1 Kings 16:31-32; 18:18-29
Baal-Zebub	Philistia	god of Ekron	2 Kings 1:2
Castor, Pollux	Greece	twin sons of Zeus	Acts 28:11
Chemosh	Moab ?Ammon	national god of war	Numbers 21:29 Judges 11:24 1 Kings 11:7, 33 Jeremiah 48:7
Dagon	Philistia	national god of rain/ agriculture	Judges 16:23 1 Samuel 5:2-7
Hermes (Mercury)	Greece	messenger god, god of cunning, theft	Acts 14:12
Marduk (Bel)	Babylon	young storm/war god chief god	Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 50:2; 51:44
Molech (Malcam) (Milcom) (Moloch) (?Rephan)	Ammon Israel	national god worshiped with child sacrifice	Zephaniah 1:5 Jeremiah 49:1, 3 1 Kings 11:5, 7, 33 Acts 7:43 Acts 7:43
Nebo (Nabu)	Babylon	son of Marduk god of wisdom, literature, arts	Isaiah 46:1
Nergal	Babylon	god of hunting/the underworld	2 Kings 17:30
Rimmon (Hadad)	Damascus	god of thunder, lightning, rain	2 Kings 5:18
Tammuz	Babylon	fertility god	Ezekiel 8:14
Zeus	Greece	chief of Greek gods	Acts 14:12

Legend ( ) = alternative name
Source: Bible Facts and Figures, Tim Dowley, A St. Joseph Bible Resource, Catholic Publishing Corp., New Jersey, USA, p. 16