can you be pagan and catholic and the same time?

Answer 1

No.

The first commandment forbids the worship of any other gods.

Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, paganism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc.

In the lands that surrounded Israel, there were many who worshiped false gods including the Egyptians. Later the Jews had to deal with the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses worshiped by their Governors and occupying forces.

Today people put many things in front of God in their lives including money, status, self, power, etc.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

No. Catholicism is completley at odds with paganism.

Catholics were persecuted by Roman pagans in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd centuries. Some Catholics got thrown to the lions for not paying homage to the Roman pagan gods. They got buried in the Roman catacombs.

Pagans were never conquered, for the most part they all converted because their religion had welcomed the Gospel.

One of the biggest differences between paganism of old and the new age paganism is that the pagans of old had morals.

The nineteenth century witnessed a flowering of this "pagan influence fallacy." Publications such as The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop (the classic English text charging the Catholic Church with paganism) paved the way for generations of antagonism towards the Church. During this time, entire new sects were created (Seventh-Day Adventists, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses)—all considering traditional Catholicism and Protestantism as polluted by paganism. This era also saw atheistic "freethinkers" such as Robert Ingersoll writing books attacking Christianity and Judaism as pagan.

The pagan influence fallacy has not gone away in the twentieth century, but newer archaeology and more mature scholarship have diminished its influence. Yet there are still many committing it. In Protestant circles, numerous works have continued to popularize the claims of Alexander Hislop, most notably the comic books of Jack Chick and the book Babylon Mystery Religion by the young Ralph Woodrow (later Woodrow realized its flaws and wrote The Babylon Connection? repudiating it and refuting Hislop). Other Christian and quasi-Christian sects have continued to charge mainstream Christianity with paganism, and many atheists have continued to repeat—unquestioned—the charges of paganism leveled by their forebears.
http://www.catholic.com/library/Is_Catholicism_Pagan.asp

Answer 3

Absolutely yes if you examine their real origin it is from a fusion between the pagans and a apostate form of christianity in 325 C.E. under the direction of emperor constantine Gorbalizer

Answer 4

No, because Jesus told us that no one can serve two masters. He was talking of money, but the same thing applies in many other areas as well--would you ask if you can be Catholic and a Hindu at the same time?

Answer 5

Yes. Paganism is very open-ended. What you are talking about is called Christopaganism.

Answer 6

No. These are two opposing religions. Pagans are polytheistic (many gods). Catholics have only one God.

Answer 7

Define "Pagan"

Define "Catholic"

Answer 8

Have you ever heard of Wicca/Christian, no matter how you try to tell them that Wicca is witchcraft and God does not like it, they still insist they can be both, haven't you heard of freemason/christians?

Answer 9

You've never heard of Santeria?

Answer 10

yes i believe so, what are the foundations of their beliefs? take a look at the tower of babel and compare the similarities.