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Paganism Today

An Riabhach · 2013-10-21 12:13:08

Hello.I am sorry if I am posting in the wrong place,but with the Halloween season upon us,I was just thinking about the origins and how it all began-and what is the place of Paganism in modern Ireland today.It is well known how other religions have demonized Paganism,and yet the same religions have "borrowed" certain Pagan…

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An Riabhach

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Hello.I am sorry if I am posting in the wrong place,but with the Halloween season upon us,I was just thinking about the origins and how it all began-and what is the place of Paganism in modern Ireland today.It is well known how other religions have demonized Paganism,and yet the same religions have "borrowed" certain Pagan customs and traditions-bearing in mind that Paganism has been around long before any of these religions.I was born and raised a catholic christian,learned enough about Judism and Islam,seen many documentaries about Scientology,read about different types of Satanism which only confused me.

I am now an Atheist and have no religious or supernatural beliefs,but I would still be curious and interested to know what modern day Paganism involves-as it seems to only be referred to as an ancient belief by others-so any Pagans out there,I would love to hear from you.

Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.

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#2 21-10-2013 1:43pm

Donaldio

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The word itelf comes from the latin Paganus which means someting like peasant it was in a way a Roman snob word.
But you could take it as meaning anything outside Rome maybe ? Beliefs and practices of modern day pagans would be fairly diverse i think.

http://www.latinwordlist.com/latin-word-for/latin-word-for-peasant-56092101.htm

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#3 21-10-2013 1:55pm

Morag

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Paganism is an umbrella term, there is not one set of beliefs, there are even pagan atheists.

I suggest that you have a look at this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=211734

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