Why aren't Christians considered Pagan?

Question

Christianity was not the first religion concieved by man. So, that being said why isn't Christianity considered "Pagan"?

I am not a Christian. I am not a Pagan. I don't study any "conventional" religion. My question was posted to invoke discussion regarding the "zealous nature" in which most uneducated Christians discuss the beliefs of others. There are other influential spiritual reading materials

Answer 1

There is general agreement that the word "Pagan" comes from the Latin word "paganus." Unfortunately, there is no consensus on the precise meaning of the word in the fifth century CE and before. There are three main interpretations. None has won general acceptance:
Most modern Pagan sources interpret the word to have meant "rustic," "hick," or "country bumpkin" -- a pejorative term. The implication was that Christians used the term to ridicule country folk who tenaciously held on to what the Christians considered old-fashioned, outmoded Pagan beliefs. Those in the country were much slower in adopting the new religion of Christianity than were the city folks. They still followed the Greek state religion, Roman state religion, Mithraism, various mystery religions, etc., long after those in urban areas had converted.
Some believe that in the early Roman Empire, "paganus" came to mean "civilian" as opposed to "military." Christians often called themselves "miles Christi" (Soldiers of Christ). The non-Christians became "pagani" -- non-soldiers or civilians. No denigration would be implied.
C. Mohrmann suggests that the general meaning was any "outsider," -- a neutral term -- and that the other meanings, "civilian" and "hick," were merely specialized uses of the term.
By the third century CE, its meaning evolved to include all non-Christians. Eventually, it became an evil term that implied the possibility of Satan worship. The latter two meanings are still in widespread use today

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Answer 2

Who said they are not?

Trinitheism is Paganism and worship many gods and priests and a Cross with the Son Of Zeus the pagan weather god so who will believe Christianity is not Paganism?

You must be pagan to worship wine as the blood of your god and to drink this blood to worship him and you must be pagan to be tricked by the Roman Masters of Deception with their Zeus God and His Son on the Accursed Death of Crucifixion and not see that the 4 Gospels are the 4 Seasons of Zeus the Sun God and the 12 disciples are the 12 months of the year.

OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE WHATS AROUND YOU, PAGAN!

Answer 3

Pagan isn't a religion. It is an umbrella term for all faiths that are not Abraham (Christian, Hebrew, Islamic) based. Pagan includes all the "old" religions and all the new religious movements.

Answer 4

An atheist Denys any God. fake worship and Idols are the flaws that quite will set God on you. examine the former testomony. were I God i'd be madder on the Pagan. As it really is deliberately picking a Statue or tree or log or maybe if over the author. God figures all of them burn a similar I reckon.

Answer 5

It does make sense to consider Christians as pagans, because there are several iterations of God. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and many angels, saints, and other deities and semi-deities.

The manufactured 'mysteries' and other obfuscations simply add up to a religion with multiple deities.

Answer 6

Because the definition of pagan does not include Christians or others who believe in one God.

Answer 7

1. one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
2. a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim.
3. an irreligious or hedonistic person.

That is the literal definition of the word.

Answer 8

"Pagan" is the usual translation of the Islamic term mushrik, which refers to 'one who worships something other than The God of Abraham'. 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 9

Merriam Webster's Dictionary: Pagan

1 : HEATHEN 1; especially : a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)
2 : one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person

http://m-w.com/dictionary/pagan

Answer 10

Because Christianity is from God. Christianity is not a cunningly devised man made pagan religion. Pagan religions reject God and Jesus Christ. It is really quite simple.