Highly self-righteous religious leader having a crisis of faith because her gods chose a literal alien over her, sure I buy that. Becoming a satanist about it? I don’t know… I guess it makes sense, she gets to have the same set of beliefs and worldview she had before but now inverted and doubling down on the put-upon and persecuted by all angle.

But to also throw in allying with the face of the occupation? The brutal event that almost certainly was foundational to her becoming the kind of person she was? I don’t buy it. I don’t think she should have been able to stomach being a satanist and doing it alongside Dukat of all people.

The broken circle arc at the beginning of the show handled it better; yes the reactionary elements of Bajor’s culture and religion ultimately aligned and had a lot in common with the Cardasian empire, but it was hardly intentional. Bajoran reactionaries couldn’t stand that contradiction when it came to light. I think it makes Winn’s character less interesting for being able to.