Re: Thoughts on Christo-paganism? Or Christ centered Paganism?
Yes of course. I tend to use "pagan" or "heathen" in its ancient meaning. That has changed over time, but I think nowadays we are pretty much back there.
Yes, it was Christianity that introduced belief into the religion in the Roman Empire. Before that, in pagan times, religion was practice and belief was something only philosophers argued about. That is just another issue why I think it is strange to combine paganism and Abrahamic faith. Of course one can do that by ignoring some of their fundamental building blocks if that produces a suitable religion or belief. But it makes no sense to me, because we have two completely different concepts here.
Originally posted by thalassa
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And, to some extent, because Paganism is more about practice--about praxis, than it is about belief...one can practice the worship of a single god while acknowleging the existence of others or practice the worship of many gods while ultimately believing that they are representative of one divine force without much contradition or mental gymnastics.
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