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Coldrake

What is a pagan anyway? Does that mean a non christian? I guess I will look it up..................................................................................WOW!  I'm a PAGAN, cool!
[/I] Actually, the words 'pagan' and 'heathen' are two classic examples of religious misconduct in the name of power. The root word for pagan is the latin paganus; closest english translation of said word is a vulgarized 'country dweller'. So calling someone a pagan in Latin is the same as calling them a hick. Rube. Billy-bob. Clodhopper. Farmboy in english. Heathen is a contraction of the gaelic heathern....a dweller on the heath. Again, a term for those who lived away from a city, in the country. This came about due to the fact that the early Christian church was concentrated in the cities of the time, where the royalty and the money and the power were. The country folk paid little heed to the self-proclaimed importance of said church, and followed their own ways even as the church was urging the cityfolk to suffer for the good of thier souls. So those words came into use in the sermons and such that railed against such lifestyles and non Church practices.