Re: Defining Paganism
I would call that a well considered intellectual position.
The reason I ask is that, in order to understand where our difference in thinking comes from, I needed to understand why certain traits don't fit into your understanding of what "pagan" means.
As you can see, the difference comes from the fact that we are using two different definitions - yours is, as you say, historic, based on the word origin.
I'm using the popular understanding of the word as it is generally used by people who use it to refer to themselves (and don't ask me for a clear definition - it is, as we all know, a fuzzy term ).
Neither one of us is right or wrong - it's two different ways of looking at the term. Now I understand you better... Thanks!
Originally posted by Valhalla
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The reason I ask is that, in order to understand where our difference in thinking comes from, I needed to understand why certain traits don't fit into your understanding of what "pagan" means.
As you can see, the difference comes from the fact that we are using two different definitions - yours is, as you say, historic, based on the word origin.
I'm using the popular understanding of the word as it is generally used by people who use it to refer to themselves (and don't ask me for a clear definition - it is, as we all know, a fuzzy term ).
Neither one of us is right or wrong - it's two different ways of looking at the term. Now I understand you better... Thanks!
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