2007-01-27 08:19:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Pagan" is a broad term that encompasses everyone who isn't a Christian, Jew or Muslim or an atheist. There isn't much that you can't find someone who believes it. In general, pagans are the people who follow the old ways, the religions of old and some that are a new creation. Some believe in many gods, others only one or two. Pagans don't believe in the Old Testament or the New Testament and don't believe in a one true god or that Jesus is his son. But, then again some believe the story to a point. Pagans are hard to explain. You really just have to ask each person what they believe.
2007-01-27 08:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which Pagan religion they follow. Paganism is just an umbrella term for many Non-Christian religions. Wiccans, for example, tend to be soft polytheists, where those who follow reconstructionalist religions (such as Asatru) are hard polytheists. In general, Pagans tend to worship/honor ancient Gods and Goddesses and have a very peaceful, Earth honoring religion.
2007-01-27 16:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm a nondenominational pagan, so I can't speak for everyone, nor can anyone else.
Divinity (whatever you want to call it, God, Science, Allah, Thor, Math, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Whatever) is generally agreed upon to be perfect. We, however, are not. I think organized religion is good if that's what you need to bring yourself closer to Divinity, but I don't believe that "God" won't like me if I don't go to church, or get babtized, or take communion or whatever. I tend to believe that life is a total joke and when I die "God" will give me the punchline.
I believe that as long as you do the best you can with what you are given, and have as much of a positive impact on the world as you can, God gives you props for it.
I do -NOT- believe that repenting on one's death-bed or in death row is automagic forgiveness for anything because Karma always has to be evened out.
Oh no! I'm going to Hell! No, I'm not, I'm going to have to work off bad karma just like everyone else, but it's not an everlasting horrible place, and when I'm done I get to meet up with old friends. It's MY afterlife, I can do what I want!
2007-01-27 17:08:51 · answer #3 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a loaded question because Pagan is any religion that isn't one of the Abrahamic religions.
Google it because there's no way to teach you every other single religion in the world in 1500 words or less on some web board.
2007-01-27 16:25:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on which group of Pagans you ask.
There is no one pagan religion.
2007-01-27 17:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pagans are people who don't believe in the one true God.
2007-01-27 16:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by Karen W 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Any number of religions that people are making up by taking a few scraps of old religions, mixing them all together, and reapplying them in ways that are completely and absurdly at odds with the original practice. There is a naive view that the "ancients" were so "in touch with nature" and whatever, so they make up fantasy religions. It's the desperate attempt to escape from reality. It's the desperate attempt to avoid all serious investigation of philosophy, theology, or morality and replace it with mindless hedonism. It is a symptom of postmodernism: there is no interest in what is true (and no modern pagan has ever put together any convincing argument that paganism has validity), only in what makes them feel good.
It is childish and self-indulgent fantasy.
2007-01-27 16:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by koresh419 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋
anything i want them to.
2007-01-27 16:27:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Be more specific please!
2007-01-27 16:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋