Am I a Christian pagan ? Im not sure what a " pagan " is but I have had such a revolutionary experience with God....but I also see myself as a child of the earth...the moon is my sister....the sun is my brother...creatures are like little children who need my care...like my puppies ....yet I love Jesus so deeply...he is my Lord and Savior... what do you think ?
2007-09-15 18:16:19 · 24 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are who you are and you believe what you believe. Do not allow anyone to force you to conform to any standard but your own. You sound like you are beautiful inside. You need no definition, you have Christian beliefs and have a strong connection to nature.
Edit to add. A Pagan can be a deist, Pantheist, monotheist or polytheist. .
Pantheism and polytheism being most common.
2007-09-15 18:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by bryanccfshr 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You can be a Christian who loves the Earth and the sun and moon, or you can be a pagan who does the same, but if you believe Jesus is your Savior to the exclusion of all other Gods and Goddesses, and you believe that you must believe in Jesus to go to heaven, you are definitely not a pagan. A tenet of pagan belief is polytheism, and the belief that there is no one true path for everyone. Christianity is monotheistic and excludes all other deities.
I hope this helps.
Lady Morgana
pagan
2007-09-16 01:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There can be no such thing....well I mean of course you can choose to believe that, but to be a true Christian there can be no other way to God, but through Jesus Christ. You are what I like to call a baby Christian. You have just got the main idea of it, but have not pursued a real Christian education. You need to read the Holy Bible, if you don't understand the King James Version so well, get what is called a New International Version or NIV Holy Bible.....it breaks it down and has more of a modern sentence structure and word meanings, so it is easier to follow and understand. You need to go to a good church with a pastor you enjoy, but you have to be careful because there are so many churches who are not teaching the true gospel. Don't be discouraged in your search. I just now found the church I want to attend for the rest of my life and I am 21. It takes time. The pastor (preacher) breaks down the verses and you get so much more out of it when you attend church. I love Wednesdays at my church, we have Bible study and the preacher just teaches you about the lessons in the Bible, instead of really preaching at you...it's more one on one and is way more informative on how Jesus wants us to live daily.
This passage is from a NIV Holy Bible in 1 Corinthians
Chapter 7, verse29 (1 Corinthians 7:29)
29 What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as they have none;
30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;
31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed to them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
I love this passage because it is explaining that our time is short. We are to be dedicated to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are not to become attatched or fall in love with the ways of the world. For we are not meant to stay and it is dying and we will leave it soon. Those who become attached to the world or the ideas that the world stands for will perish along with it.
Verse 29 means: don't be afraid to leave this world and your spouse behind, have faith that your spouse will be returned to you someday in heaven as a brother or sister in Christ. Also it means, don't be so concerned with pleasing your spouse that it takes away from your relationship with our Lord and Savior. Keep the Lord and Savior first in your life, everything else second.
Verse30: Don't get caught up in mourning the loss of this world or the mourning of anything else of this world that you forget to keep the Lord and Savior first. Do not be so happy living in this world that you don't want to leave and forget to keep the Lord and Savior first. Do not love the material things of this earth so much that you forget to keep the Lord and Savior first. Verse 31: Do not love this world so much that you wish to not leave it or let it take the place of the Lord and Savior in your lives. For the world is dying and time is precious and should be used to worship and study the words of the Lord and Savior. Have faith in the Lord.
Pagan is a term that is used to describe several earth based religions such as wicca, druidism (which is based on ancient celtic religions), Asatru ( which based on the ancient norse religion), and other neo-pagans that follow Hellenismos (ancient greek religion), Religio Romana (which follows ancient Roman religion), Kemetism (which is an ancient Egyptian based religion) and other such traditions. The term Pagan can be used to describe all.
In the dictionary pagan means:
pa·gan [ páygÉn ]
noun (plural pa·gans)
Definition:
1. an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible, Torah, or Koran
2. an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's nonbelief in religion, way of life, or degree of knowledge
3. polytheist or pantheist: a follower of an ancient polytheistic or pantheistic religion
This definition was taken from http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861723003
2007-09-16 02:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. CT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paganism is earth-based and earth-loving/worshipping religions, usually monotheistic.
Some pagans. like myself, believe in the Christian god and the story of Christ, but Christianity, by it's very dogma, doesn't allow worship or idolation of the earth or anyone other than the Christian god, so by the definition you can't be a Christian pagan...not the pagans' faults mind you - Christianity won't allow it.
I personally think all roads lead to god, and it's possible Christ led you towards a form of paganism to bring you closer to him, or to speak to your heart in a way that is easier for you to understand.
And now, let the fundamental preaching and bible beating for that comment begin in ...5...4..3...
2007-09-16 01:24:41 · answer #4 · answered by lisa w 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think that you are a Christian in the full sense of the word in that you fully appreciate the wonderfull creations of God. Many people pass things every day without giving them a second thought....but if they had to do without them, they would be devestated. As long as you do not actually worship the sun, moon, etc., or think that they do their thing without God's mighty hand in all of it, you are as Christian as anyone, and more aware.
2007-09-16 01:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by carmel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The term Pagan generally refers to those who practice pre-Christian religions, and are usually polytheistic or pantheistic.
Sounds like you're a Christian who is very in tune with nature.
2007-09-16 01:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by ??????? 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A pagan is someone who basically worships the creation rather than the Creator. Pagans consider the earth and the elements of the earth as entities to be worshipped, and are for the most part polytheists.
Christians believe in one Creator God, a God who is apart and distinct from, and stands outside of, His Creation. They also believe that God became man, in the person of Jesus Christ, who suffered and died to atone for our sins, and rose again from the dead, triumphing over sin and death, and giving us the chance for eternal life.
2007-09-16 01:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by the phantom 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
if you want to call yourself that, go right ahead. there are some fine christian wiccans out there, but i think it would be a bit of a contradiction to be a christian pagan.
pagan does not necessarily mean believing in more than one god, it simply means non christian.
i don't think you really fall into the pagan category though. i think you are just a very cool sounding christian.
forget the label, just be who you are.
2007-09-16 01:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by luvjeska 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think you are mixing metaphors. Pick one you can't have it both ways. As a Christian you should respect and love God's creation nothing wrong there but the moon is just a chunk of rock. Come on.
God is your Father Jesus is your forgiving Brother accept Him. and the Holy Spirit will guide you.
How much more mystical does it have to be?
2007-09-16 01:23:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like a pagan with delusions of Christianity.
2007-09-16 01:27:59 · answer #10 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋