With all those different answers, it's a struggle for me to decide what to believe.
So my question is to you all:
1. What does the word "Pagan" mean to you?(meaning is it more of a classification or religion to you)
2. Why do you feel that way?
3. Do you ever find people that disagree with your interpretation of "Pagan"? What is their view and argument for it?
Ain't gonna be great, my typing sucks tonight. I'd gladly answer, though!
1. The word "pagan" to me means two things. One is the snippy comment I read somewhere that said "No matter what Christians think, "pagan gods" aren't simply gods that aren't the Christian one, but are gods that are older than him."
The real deal, though, means someone who believes in multiple deities, in my case, all, or simply just multiple deities with old origin.
2. I feel that way because... Well, I believe in all gods. The world is complex place, makes sense that it took more than one god to create it and keep it intact. Also, the bible does kind of admit the existence of other gods in few places. Also, I know what I feel, and I do not feel close to the Christian God, but do feel close to deities. Anyway, what makes me feel this way is just... Intuition. It's our greatest tool; Intuition is the "whisper of the soul", as a famous spiritualist in Bulgaria used to say, and we pagans are all about spirituality, and thus, what the soul tells us. So, why I feel this way? Because I am supposed to, I guess.
3. Now that I think of it, I think there will be people who may agree that "pagan" just means believing in gods who are older than the Christian one of origin, or maybe believing that the majority of gods exists, but not all like I do, etc, etc. But honestly, I don't know any real pagans in real life. Some people with mixed believes whom I helped get on pagan-like-path, but besides them, I haven't had enough discussions with pagans to get to argue.
Yes, I am lonely.