Will wearing a silver cross around the neck keep a person from harm? Will it stay the hand of Satan? Superstitions about the cross arose long before Christ.

The so-called 'star of David' has its origins in ancient Egyptian and Babylonian paganism. The hexagram star is associated with occultism.

Not until the sixth century did the Catholic Church officially venerate the crucifix. Cross veneration is a flagrant violation of the second commandment.