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To: cowboyway
cowboyway: "Hey punkrr, brojoke, do you agree with squeaker here that Christianity is a pagan religion?"

Definition of "pagan":

  1. heathen 1; especially: a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)
  2. one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person.

Origin of PAGAN:

There is no definition of "pagan" that applies to Christianity.

192 posted on 01/03/2012 4:09:43 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK
There is no definition of "pagan" that applies to Christianity.

Your comrade, donsqueaker, disagrees with you.

196 posted on 01/03/2012 9:48:22 AM PST by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: BroJoeK

The term pagan is from the Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning “rural”, “rustic” or “of the country.” As a noun, paganus was used to mean “country dweller, villager, and contrasted with the religion in favor in the imperial court.

In that sense, Christianity is now a pagan religion. Christianity is, to my way of thinking, not in favor in our government. It is in favor in ‘flyover country’ which would be rural, rustic places, or in small villages.

Some (Muslims and Jews, and perhaps the occasional Roman Pagan) see the doctrine of the Trinity as approaching polytheism.

The Buddha said “The things of G-d are unknown, and unknowable, so why argue?”


225 posted on 01/06/2012 10:00:57 PM PST by donmeaker (e is trancendental)
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