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Originally posted by Tumper
No, Actually I said 'Pagan'. I think this is just a simple misunderstanding. By 'pagan' I do not mean the modern cult of paganism, which i closely related to modern wiccans, and very similar in many of it's ways.
Pagan simply means the worship or veneration of mythical, natural, or earthly idols, as opposed to the worship of one omnipresent entity.
Much of the Christian, Hebrew, and Islamic faiths, can be traced back to much earlier religons, and these earlier religions were pagan in thier nature.
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wiccans are pagans, they aren't two seperate sects or religions.
in fact wicca or witch craft is the main form of pagan cult. and hebrew christain or islamic faith cannot be traced back to earlier pagan religions, some forms of worship like easter eggs as a symbol of rebirth etc.can be traced back to paganisim but they themselves have nothing at all to do with hebrew , christianity or islam in the true essence, the egg has been been a symbol of rebirth for centurys before christ. so it was only logical, that early christains used it asa symbol for the return of christ, it has nothing at all to do with any religuous belief of pagans being incorperated into the christain religion, the easter egg is just a symbol the early christains of the time thought of as a symbol of rebirth, it has no religous significance at all, just like any other pagan ritual. That Hebrew ,Christains or Islamic followers might incorperate into their religion.