What does it mean to be of Pegan faith?

Question

Yes ,Pagan!Does anybody know?

Answer 1

Pagan
The term pagan is from Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, paganus was used to mean "country dweller, villager." In colloquial use, it would mean much the same as calling someone a 'bumpkin' or a 'hillbilly'. Paganus was almost exclusively a derogatory term. (It is from this derivation of "villager" which we have the word "villain", which the expanding Christians called the Pagans of Northern Europe/Scandinavia). From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban), and soon the word for "country dweller" became synonymous with

someone who was "not a Christian,"

giving rise to the modern meaning of "pagan."[1] This may, in part, have had to do with the conservative nature of rural people, who may have been more resistant to the new ideas of Christianity than those who lived in major urban centers. However, it may have also resulted from early Christian missionaries focusing their efforts within major population centers (e.g., St. Paul), rather than throughout an expansive, yet sparsely populated, countryside (hence, the Latin term suggesting "uneducated country folk").

Paganism
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Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller" or "civilian") is a term which, from a western perspective, has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions. The term can be defined broadly, to encompass many or most of the faith traditions outside the Abrahamic monotheistic group of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

"Pagan" is the usual translation of the Islamic term mushrik, which refers to 'one who worships something other than The God of Abraham'. (aka the one true God, the God spoke of in the Holy Scriptures of the Bible

Ethnologists avoid the term "paganism," with its uncertain and varied meanings, in referring to traditional or historic faiths, preferring more precise categories such as shamanism, polytheism or animism. The term is also used to describe earth-based Native American religions and mythologies, though few Native Americans call themselves or their cultures "pagan". Historically, the term "pagan" has usually had pejorative connotations among westerners, comparable to heathen, infidel and kaffir (كافر) in Islam. In modern times, though, the words "pagan" or "paganism" have become widely and openly used by some practioners of certain spiritual paths outside the Abrahamic and Dharmic religious mainstream to describe their beliefs, practices, and organized movements.

Answer 2

"Pegan" is a word applied to non-monotheist religious beliefs. That is a belief in multiple gods/goddess. It is also often used to mean "non-Christian", so that some even class the Jewish and Muslim faiths as pegan.

Answer 3

"Pagan" is commonly used as an umbrella term for many other religions. The one thing they all have in common is that they are all nature-based. Every Pagan faith observes nature as an important spiritual entity in itself, or conversely, they view the supernatural as nothing supernatural at all, but inherently natural, and see it everywhere in nature.

Pagans believe in any number of gods, and that Their power is extends to everyone (and everything). Thus, Pagans will take matters into their own hands and solve their own problems by using the “supernatural” power that they have, instead of asking a deity to do it for them. Prayer still includes deities, but it is more of a “watch over me while I do this” rather than a “help me do this” or a “do this for me.”

If you’d like to know more, feel free to contact me. There are also many helpful (free) websites you can visit for more information. I like this one because it explores different religions and religious issues from different points of view instead of just one:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

Here is their page on Paganism:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/paganism.htm

Answer 4

Comparing Christianity & The New Paganism

Paganism is simply the natural gravity of the human spirit, the line of least resistance, religion in its fallen state.

The “old” paganism came from the country. Indeed, the very word “paganism” comes from the Latin pagani, “from the fields” or “country-dwellers.” Country people were the last to be converted to Christianity during the Roman Empire, the last to abandon their ancestral roots in pre-Christian belief. Today, country people are the last to abandon Christianity for the “new” paganism, which flourishes in the cities.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0010.html
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Answer 5

Well, do some research and look into it. Follow your heart. No your not condemed by god, or going to hell, or worshiping the devil, No, there's no law against being Wiccan or Pagan (in fact you are protected by the first amendment), blah blah blah....... Only you can decide for yourself what your beliefs are. There are no right and wrong answers if you follow your own heart and mind. So do what you need to do, and don't let anyone condemn you for making your own choices.

Answer 6

Pagan is any religion beside Catholic, Jewish and Muslem. Many pagans believe in many Gods or Godesses. Some examples of this are Native American, Wiccan, Tibetan religions etc. Hope that helps

Answer 7

For me being a Pagan, is to worship God and other higher beings, in your own personal way, you don't have man or churches telling you how and when to worship.

Answer 8

centuries ago it used to mean much more, but in modern society it has evolved to just be polytheism or belief in multiple higher beings.

Answer 9

What's a Pegan?

Answer 10

this is the belief that one as a vegan and can only eat peas?= pegan?