In paganism we do not have deity that dies for our "sins" like Christianity does. We do have deities that "die" and are "reborn" every year but this is more of a symbolic thing than a phsycial thing. This is just an expression of the ever turning cycle of life.
If you mean died for his people like Jesus supposedly died for the christians, then we do not have a savoir. We don't need one, we don't believe in Hell. Most Pagans (the ones that I know anyway) believe that you pay for your misdeeds in this life through karma (what goes around comes around).
paganism is any person or religion that belive in more than one god so all around the world.
Paganism - chief God was called Marduk
Paganism has been around so long people don't know how it began or where it came from.
As the Greek Gods were immortal, Zeus never died. It was the rise of Christianity that drove paganism underground and the religion of the 12 Olympic Gods became illegal.
That is a complicated question because there are many pagan deities from around the globe who have "died" and in some circumstances one could argue the symbolic meaning of the death as it relates to the people of the time was a death for the people.A more simplified answer and example would be the "death" of the Horned God in the winter season to make room for the birth of the Sun God at the Winter Solstice as it is often viewed in Wicca and modern day witchcraft and paganism.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only thing that the Catholic Church has to do with paganism is to preach the Gospel to pagans and try to bring them to God to save their souls.
The opposite of Paganism is true Christianity. Since Paganism is the worship or appreciation of nature, Christianity worships the Creator not the creation. Paganism has it's roots in the Mother Child cult, Baal, Molech, and the other deities of the ancient world. Paganism has multiple deities as opposed to the One God of the Judeo/Christian belief. See also Mithraism, cult of Artemis Cybele, Dionysus's, Iraneus, etc.
Your question implied that both are inherently bad. Neither is bad. Your own beliefs must be worse since you seem to discriminate against people who think differently from you. Paganism and atheism are generally inclusive, non-aggressive, non-judgmental, gentle and friendly.
Athiests don't believe in any God, while most of the Pagan religions are Polithiestic, where they believe on many Gods. Therefor there is a big difference between Polithiestic Paganism and Athiesm
Saint Patrick's ministry to Ireland led to the conversion of much of that country from paganism to Christianity.
Paganism is a belief system by the Celts. Celtic is a 'nationality' for lack of better terms and valued the belief system of Paganism. In today's society for example: Swedes (people who come from Sweden) value the belief system of Christianity.