what does PAGAN mean and where did it come from?

Answer 1

Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller" or "civilian") is a blanket term which has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions, as opposed to the Abrahamic monotheistic religions. "Pagan" is the usual translation of the Islamic term mushrik, which refers to 'one who worships something other than God'.

Answer 2

Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller" or "civilian") is a blanket term which has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions, as opposed to the Abrahamic monotheistic religions. "Pagan" is the usual translation of the Islamic term mushrik, which refers to 'one who worships something other than God'. Ethnologists do not use the term for these beliefs, which are not necessarily compatible with each other: more useful categories are shamanism, polytheism or animism. Often, the term has pejorative connotations, comparable to heathen, infidel and kafir (كافر) in Islam.

Answer 3

pagan basically is religion where they believe in more than one good ie the Sun god and is a polytheistic religions

Chirstianity has its roots in Paganism as Easter, Chirstmas and other holidays had their pagan idols replaced with Christianity

Answer 4

the word PAGAN means ... of earth or by nature .... for eg : pagan gods , ..... before christ , the greeks and the romans and the early man worshiped pagan gods or worshiped the forces of nature .... like the sun , winds , storms , etc...

Answer 5

this is year 2006 ok

Answer 6

If it is PAGAL.....Hindi word, the meaning is crazy