Why do some religions try to discredit the Pagan Faiths? Are they Afraid They might be right?

Question

How do you Know that Christianity is the right path to follow and don't say the Bible says so I want Logical thoughs and reasons. It was the Pagan movement that Championed saving the environment,

Who say Pagan Faiths are not evolving in the Helenic path they no longer slauter hecatomes of cattle or sheep because it is not posible to do so in the modern world

Answer 1

It's the whole good/evil dichotomy, which seems to have its roots in early Canaanite henotheism.

Around the world, for the most part, cultures were content to say "well, those are their gods, and these are OUR gods," and let it go at that. My own Norse ancestors were known, when trading among the Rus or serving in the Varangian guard, to take part in whatever the local cult rites were without hesitation or any apparent sense of conflicting loyalties, and then take up their own native worship, customs and feasts when they returned home.

Deity was about place, and people. And if you were in some *other* people's place, thew dictated you be a polite guest by honoring *their* local deity.

And pretty much everyone went along with that.

But in the various sand cults of the Middle East, one originally polytheistic Canaanite tribe, the Hebrews, began compensating for its military inferiority by claiming ITS god was the *best* and *most powerful* of all the gods . . . sort of the way NFL fans get wrapped up in "their" team nowadays. And about 1500 years later, a misogynistic little smacktarded Pharisee named Saul, intent on riding the coat tails of the Essenes, an ascetic Judaic cult, took it one step further in his notoriously successful bid to outcompete indigenous Mediterranean folkways in the "mystery religion" marketplace Rome had become, and began claiming all other gods were really Jewish *demons* . . .

Frankly, the idea was so absurd to most of our ancestors, none of them took it all that seriously until it was too late. But we have long memories, and won't get fooled like that again.

Answer 2

Such a dichotomy. "Some" religions are heavy plagarisms of far more ancient "mythology." To acknowledge that fact requires invalidating timelines that only go back 6,000 years.

For example, "Abraham" is a character who did exist -- but far more anciently than the Bile or Quran would want you to think.

Does anyone have "ultimate" truth? Not likely. But many religions can only feel validated if they believe that they are the "only TRUE religion." Pagans are easier targets because they don't fit into the Abrahamic mold.

Answer 3

I think that the spiritual paths that try to discredit paganism are the monotheistic ones, and I think that the reason that they try to discredit us is based on fear. When a religion tells its followers that it is THE ONE AND ONLY RELIGION AND ALL OTHERS ARE FALSE, and here comes some spiritual paths that say hey, we are here, we are valid, the monotheistic religion feels attacked in that its teachings about being the one and only are being challenged. And who knows, the church people think, if those pagans can successfully challenge us on this point, they may be able to discredit us with our followers on other points, such as the idea that god is male, that women are not present in the Divine, that Christi died for sins, etc.

They are on the defense with their attacks, and it is fear based self-preservation that motivates them.

Great question!
Blessings,
Lady Morgana )0(
pagan

Answer 4

That is exactly it. Those religions are so afraid of the various Pagan faiths that they NEED to either discredit the religions or try to exterminate them.

http://www.ysee.gr/index-eng.php?type=english&f=lovestories

I think this link can summarize some of the early persecutions in the Mediterranean basin

Answer 5

Pagan faiths can stand the heat better than most.

Other religions and atheists can't.

Answer 6

Good goddess I love when Boar answers. Saves me SO much typing.
What Boar said. Woot!

edit: Hey Boar, you have a fan club. Check it out :P

Answer 7

be honest... when you say 'some religions' you're really talking about just one, abrahamic monotheism.

if they want people to believe they're the best, they have to make everybody else look bad. it's the same thing as in politics. if you sling enough mud and kiss enough babies, you win.

Answer 8

Pagan faiths at least worship things that are real and that are vital to our lives (earth, etc).

Answer 9

Oh 'ditto' on Boar's writing.
Can't say much more than that!
Blessed Be
Pagan Crafter

Answer 10

Because, deep down, those religions know that they couldn't stand against something with just as much truth that allows much greater individual freedom.