Ah that just proves our ancestors were more clued up about the Satanic conspiracy that threatened them than we are about the, er, whoever or whatever it is, that's threatening us!Au contraire. Quite the opposite. 500 years ago Witchcraft was considered mainstream enough that there was a specific act of Parliament in England, The Witchcraft Act of 1542, with similar laws enacted throughout Europe. This was overt State acknowledgement of the existence of devil worship. The contemporaries regarded as nutters would have been the likes of the Hussites and Cathars who preached against a corrupt state religion in favour of a personal God.
Bad analogy, Brovion.