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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[–] 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.