Posted on: 22-04-05 20:05:02
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Orginally posted by meghal
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Orginally posted by Garvo Gujarati
I found this very interesting topic:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jckr.htm
It is bad to give a quick response, but why do they mention Hinduism as a "pagan" religion? Hinduism does not mean witchcraft and other such practices
Meghal
Pagan has more than one meaning.
One of them is a person following a Polytheistic religion.
Which is what Hindusim is.
One other meaning would be anybody who was not following christianity (or other monothestic religions) in much older times. Alot of europe was Pagan before chritianity. It is still followed , though by much smaller number of people. Like the Wiccans.
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I once made a mistake, but I was wrong about it.
The English word pagan is from the Latin word "paganus" or someone who lives in a rural district, or pagus. In Latin, the word meant a villager or rustic, and was also used as an antonym for miles, or soldier.
While trying to make Chrisitianity a State Religion, the Roman Emperor Constantine twisted this word to instill fear in the hearts of Christians for people living outside the Roman Cities and following different religions. This is how the word pagan acquired a neagative meaning.
Before Ye'all start World War Three over this post, please note that I am not saying anything against any Religion, but merely stating a historical fact.
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