Do you think that Catholic religion is related to Paganism?
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It is, yes. At some point in time, a Roman emperor named Constantine decided to switch Rome's official religion from Paganism to Catholicism. To make the change easier, he added elements of Paganism to the religion (for instance, making Christmas on December 25th, to coincide with a Pagan holiday- I believe that according to the bible Jesus's birthday was sometime in April).
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Technically speaking, yes.\n\nMost Christian holidays (Easter and the Easter Bunny, for example) and rituals have their origins with pagan ceremonies.  They were adopted by the Christian Church in an effort to abolish pagan practices- the logic was "hey, we have the same holiday, and we do it better, therefore your holiday is now outlawed".\n\nIn a sense, modern Christians unwittingly practice pagan ideals, and as such may be called, "Christian Pagans"\n\nYou will more than likely receive responses from those who say "CHRISTIANS ARE NOT PAGAN, WE WORSHIP OUR ONE TRUE GOD"\n\nBlind logic and assumptions without proof were also driving forces behind paganism.  Funny, no?
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Christianity is paganism and has no relation with the original Hebrew religion.\n\nConstantine attempted to invent a universal religion by incorporating Hebrew myths into his pagan religion, but it appears Hebrews would have nothing to do with it.
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Catholics are christians.
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I disagree with djx_master.  We don't worship ourselves.  His answer is a classic one of closed mindedness.  Christians are taught to believe in one way & one way only.  I grew up Roman Catholic & know that all too well.  I also knew that Catholocism wasn't for me.  I had questions that no priest or other clergy member could answer.  So, I struck out on my own, spending time with Baptists & non-denominational Christians.  As for my Christian friends, I found some helpful information on the source below.  Witchvox has a lot of information on Wicca, Pagans, Shamans, etc.  What I did for awhile was put together a little leaflet that had information about Wicca & other Earth based religions to hand out.  I don't have the leaflet anymore due to a now gone virus.  I'd be happy to help you put one together if you'd like.  \n\n\nAlso, I'd like to add that Wiccans DO believe in an afterlife.  It's called Summerland.  It's similar to the Heaven that other religions teach about.  We believe in re-incarnation, rebirth & all that.  We don't believe in Satan or the Devil.  The pentacle represents Spirit, Earth, Air, Fire, Water.  When it has a circle around it, it's called a pentagram, which symbolizes that the elements are never ending.  We believe in a Goddess AND a God.  Our holidays are similar to Christian ones.  Ostara is like Easter, complete with eggs, bunnies, lambs, chicks, candy, etc.  Yule is Christmas.  We give presents, decorate a Yule tree & sing songs.  Our new year is Halloween, October 31st.  Some Wiccans celebrate both mundane & Wiccan/Pagan holidays.  I do.  I will for the rest of my life.
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Catholicism is a branch of Christianity.  Not believing in the Bible defeats the purpose of Christianity.  You can't claim to be a Christian yet not believe in the one book that Christianity is all about.
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Why is pagan not good? Honestly, that is the religion that makes the most sense. Paying tribute to things that actually exist...And I am an atheist, not a pagan.
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some believe the catholic church
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Roman Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity.\n\nArguably, a religion *is* a way to come to God.
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christian religion follow god \nbuddism follow stons and pagans
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I briefly considered paganism when I decided to drop christianity, but I just couldn't get into it.  I don't think that paganism is just one religion, but I think the basic idea is that you revere, or even worship, nature.\n\nI just couldn't see myself praying to the sun god or whatever.  Why trade one god for another - or many?  I decided to go atheist instead because it made much more sense to me.\n\nBut anyway - I think they have a fairly good idea, being in tune with nature and whatnot.
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I am a pagan myself in uk. I attend a pagan group every month and the group has about 50 members. From Wiccans to druids. You've got to remember paganism started in this country. I only live in a small town of 180,000 population, and in this group alone are three covens of 20 members, most of whom do not attend this group plus various others who do rituals etc in large groups. Paganism is very open in UK, especially where I live. You very rarely get someone chastise you for your practices over here. Anyone who does, we simply try to explain what we do. I have many christian friends who are quite open to my religion, but then I don't berate them for theirs.
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There is nothing wrong with being Pagan.  There is nothing wrong with believing in any religion.  Everyone will have their own opinions, beliefs and religions.  It is not fair to say that one is right and everyone else is doomed to a life of hellfire and damnation.  You can be any religion that strikes your fancy as it is your decision and nobody else's.
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Of course I believe in God, silly boy. I just don't choose to be Christian. I'm a Non Denominational Happy Pagan Person. God and I keep organized religion out of our relationship. It simplifies matters greatly.
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I was about to ask you what you meant by "pagan", but a couple of others have already taken the dictionary definition to pieces, so I'll plunge right in! I'm a Hindu, by the way. Your comments on Hinduism are absolutely correct- I'm seriously impressed! You sound like you know what you're talking about :-) Personally, I feel that Hinduism is more of a way of life than a religion. It's just too vast to be classified as 'pagan' or not. Hinduism is one of the most tolerant religions, and it gives its adherants the freedom to seek God in their own ways, whatever those may be. For me, the ultimate message of my religion is the same as that of every religion- love, tolerance, and the unity of all life. But getting back to your question, it really depends on how you define the term 'pagan'!
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You are correct in saying that Paganism is "a rather wide-based religion"--in fact, it is not a single religion, but hundreds of different religions spanning a wide spectrum of belief and attitude.\n\nPagan religions include NeoPagan, Reconstructionist, and Indigenous traditions.  \n\nNeoPagans are often eclectic, taking the attitude that we need to create new meaningful religious practice;  they may or may not care much about older religious traditions.  There are thousands of NeoPagan groups, many with web sites.  The largest sub-group of NeoPagans are Wiccans.  (Some Wiccans, mostly those  in Traditionalist groups, would dispute their placement in this category.)  Many, if not most, NeoPagans would call their religion "Earth-centered."\n\nReconstructionist Pagans are trying to revive historical ancient practice, often in connection with their ethnic identity.  Many of these would also identify as "Earth-centered."\n\nIndigenous religions are local religions that have never died out (at least not completely).  Examples would include Native American religions.  Many (probably most) indigenous religions would be considered Earth-centered, though not all of them actually worship the Earth per se.  In the "sources" list I'll include links to a few useful sites.\n\nAs for Satanism, as mentioned by another responder:  I would say it is not Earth-centered, but Self-centered.  And although Satanism does usually consider itself with so-called "earthly" matters in the sense of money and so on, I have never met a Satanist who practiced reverence for the Earth.  The Satanist who answered does not mean "Earth-centered reverence" in the way that Pagans do (and I believe the question was intended to ask about Earth-centered reverence).\n\nSatanism is well worth examining, as it highlights many real and important issues.  But Earth-centered it is not, and certainly Pagan it is not.  Read the Satanic literature, then read the Pagan literature, and the differences will be obvious.\n\nBlessed Be!
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Yea I didn't know much about Paganism. I learned alot from Chris J, a user on here, he is awesome. Also I saw that many of my fellow Christians are absolute NUTCASES on here.\n\n():-D\nshadowgirl