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I'm just curious if there's anyone on these forums who is proud to call themselves "pagan". I was raised Catholic, but these days I don't know what I am.
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Naw, it's the goat leggings that keep me away. It's just not my "look", and they're so uncomfortable.
Sorry, not sorry.
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I was a pagan 20+ years, so glad I found God!sigpicComment
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I know quite a few people who call themselves Pagan. Their schtick is usually a mix of Celtic style rituals and made-up stuff. They seem sincerely peaceful and spiritual and I really have no ill feelings towards them. Now the Asetru folks are the ones that really interest me.Comment
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Pagan used to be a term used by European Christians to describe anyone who was not a Christian or a Jew.
The old term no longer applies as we have more concise labels like Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.
Modern Paganism is more of a freestyle self developed religion that incorporates whatever traditions the practitioner desires.sigpic
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That's the size of it.
Lots of people call themselves pagans, and wear the label like a badge because they think it makes them "more spiritual" than people in organized religions. As Alan Block mentioned, most of the people you'll see identifying as Pagan will have some amount of Celtic, Greek, or even Norse influence.
There's been a resurgence of people claiming to worship Oden in the past decade, and women will commonly claim "Gaia" as their primary deity. Really, it has nothing to do with anything. They make up their "personal religion" as they go and incorporate anything that strikes their fancy.I use to be an anarchist but I quit that; there's too many rules.Comment
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Please show me where in the bible the word pagan is used.
Look all you like, you will find that it isn't a biblical term. It is not there.
The term you are probably thinking of is "Heathen".
Pagan is an old latin word meaning villager, rustic, civilian, or non-combatant. It would be similar to the word hick or hayseed. This was probably used as a pejorative for an unbeliever due to the fact that the hicks and hayseed, the rustic villagers were seen as superstitious and often clung to the old religions after Christianity spread through their regions.
Heathen as used in the Old Testament is from the Hebrew word Gowy, which translates into "nation" and is primarily used in regards to non-Hebrew nations, and most closely relates to the English word "Foreigner".
Heathen as used in the New Testament is from the Greek word Ethnicos, which translates into "nation" and is primarily used in regards to non-Hebrew nations, and most closely relates to the English word "Foreigner".
So, basically the Hebrews didn't like the Foreigners, and the European Christians didn't like the hicks.sigpic
If you haven't seen it with your own eyes,
or heard it with your own ears,
don't make it up with your small mind,
or spread it with your big mouth.Comment
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There is 1 proud pagan on here that I know of. Very anti Judeo-Christian. I'll let him self identify himself if he cares to.^^^The above is just an opinion.
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Happy heathen here.Comment
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