I see it a lot on here how people say it is mainly a white person made religion. I guess from what I hear is that mainly white people wrote it. However I guess I always brushed it off because I went to a catholic school and was raised catholic up till I was 13 years old. While anytime in school people would always say pagan is witch craft, and that basically if you practice it you would go to hell.
I even remember some rumor of a teacher being pagan. than every teacher would make fun of her saying how she believes shes a witch, and can cast curses and spells. So naturally I just brushed it off as a bunch of bullshit.
However even now I basically only look at religion as a code of conduct for how a society should get along. So I guess I'm more open to new ideas and such.
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[–] 300_Black 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago (edited ago)
It's not white people religion, nor is Paganism a single idea. It's a blanket term for the collective ideology of all native (insofar as that word has meaning in this context) European peoples before Christianity was forced upon them.
Watch ThuleanPerspective on Youtube for info.
Alow me to also indulge you with some quotes from A Real Case Against Jews written by Marcus Eli Ravage in 1928:
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[–] NeoGoat 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I would go further and say it is a blanket term for spiritual beliefs which did not become labeled as major religions. With a few exceptions (like Aztecs), people had the sense to worship gods that would help them and not do barbaric things, like kill first-born.
The quote seems worth reading. However, I differ with many items. I'll just give one example:
The pre-Christian civilizations of Rome and Greece would not have flourished if not for social conscience. Athens had democracy, Granted it was limited and slavery was practiced; however, that was a major step toward human equality. The slavery of Rome was, in general, quite humane.