ritual in a different accent, and named all the arch angels.
2007-12-18 06:29:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pagan is an umbrella term that includes many non-Abrahamic religions wherein more than one deity is worshiped. They're often nature based religions.
BTW - I hope you don't believe everything you see on TV. From what I could tell from the commercials (I think it was the preview for the exorcism one) - Paranormal State is basically the alleged "occult" all sensationalized for your amusement and shock. :)
2007-12-18 06:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pagans in general believe in the religions of pre-Christian worlds and civilazations. Nope never used a different accent. I don't even know Old Norse. God has nothing to with my religion and....I have no idea where A&E comes into the question....
2007-12-18 14:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
'Pagan' is the word Christians use for polytheists (i.e. people who believe in more than one God) or, in another sense, anyone who isn't Christian or Jewish or Muslim. In the strict sense of the word, it's incorrect for a person to call himself a pagan. The most common form of paganism in the US today is Wicca.
Some pagans do believe in angels, in fact many of the things in Christianity are borrowed from paganism--Christmas, the eucharist, etc.etc. (In fact the word 'Easter' is the name of a pagan goddess!) Pagans borrow from Christianity just as early Christians borrowed from paganism.
2007-12-18 14:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Paganism is not a single organized religion. It refers to a nearly infinite number of nature-based religious practices, usually polytheistic.
2007-12-18 14:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as a Wiccan, some Wiccans incorporate Christian mythology into their erecting the Temple rite.
I think it's like mixing champagne and red bull, something that only a teenager might find appealing.
2007-12-18 15:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pagans are a group with different beliefs.
It's a long answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiccan
Some pagans even believe and practice parts of Christianity. I'm not one of them. I am a Neo-pagan whose beliefs have Buddhist leanings. :)
To each his own, eh?
2007-12-18 14:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by searching_please 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
dont you know that show was edited so the actual ritual was not shown the episode was taped then the sound track was added later so they can put their own words in the show
so what you heard on the show was not what was really said in the ritual
2007-12-18 14:33:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pagans are many different kinds of people. Archangels are just energy....and so is "God."
2007-12-18 14:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by An Independent 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pagan is a generlised derogatory term used by the early Christian church (and the mroe backward elements of it to this day) to refer to anyone who was not "of the faith". Ie it was their way or no way.
2007-12-18 14:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
different pagans believe in different things
2007-12-18 14:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by bregweidd 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋