What is meant by a pagan religion?

Answer 1

pagan religion means that you worship idols and not god and there is only 1 god

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That is a biased opinion and not fact. The purpose is to answer the question with facts not to quote your own religion as being better than others.

The meaning of "pagan" is a term used to describe "country dweller". This was used to differentiate the "country" folk who stuck to their old gods and old religions rather than be converted to new religions such as Christianity.

It has gone through many meanings, and today is an overall term used to describe people who are not of any Judeo-Christian faith. Simply because it is not mainstream does not mean it isn't there and real for hundreds of thousands of people.

ANSWER

i agree with the above anser, that is very correct, the first answer is based purely on personal bias

a pagan religion means; any group of peopel that respect nature and life, and live according to this,

they believe in balance and harmony of al things, negative and positive, that they are all part of the same thing, life

they are very respectful of life, nature and other beings and people, and soem pagans don't believe in or worship any gods at all

idolarity is not what poaganism is about at all, in fact its alla bout the balance of life , you, all creatures, nature and any gods goddesses that exist

not worshipign or idolising them, but respecting and acknowledging them

ANSWER 2:

Both of the answers above are correct - but - paganism is not actually a religion. But rather the collective term for the religious beliefs that were celebrated and up held before christianization swept across Europe and labelled all "pagans" as heathens who did not follow the one "true" God.

Some of the religions labelled "pagan": wicca, druidism, old Nordic (i.e. Thor), Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman ect.

Answer 2

The original concept of "Pagan" was from the Romans. it idicated a religious belief that was outside of the civilized Roman beliefs. The word Pagan comes from the same root as the French Pays (country) ad means rural or outside of the city. In this context "Pagan" was not a religion just any religion that was not Roman.

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In today's world "Pagan" (and its close relative "heathen) has been pretty much overtaken by Christians to mean a primitive and unChristian polytheistsic religion. People who consider themselves Pagan see "Pagan" as a religious choice although they may identify themselves as Wiccan, Druids, or Gaea worshippers.

Answer 3

Christians have used the term pagan to refer to any religion other than Christianity, especially an older religion that predates Christianity (and which, therefore, is assumed to be obsolete, having been replaced by the newer and better religion of Christianity).

Paganism, is less of a religion and more of a spiritual path. However it can be described as a group of varied beliefs, most of which are poly-theistic, and (generally but not always) earth-based.

Answer 4

In Africa, there is: Akan mythology, Ashanti mythology, Dahomy (Fon) mythology, Efik mythology, Isoko mythology, Igbo mythology, and Yoruba mythology, all in Western Africa. In Central Africa, there is Bushongo mythology, Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology, and Lugbara mythology. In Eastern Africa, there is Khoikhoi mythology, Tumbaka mythology, Zulu mythology, and Lozi mythology.

In the Native American traditions, there is Abenaki mythology, Anishinaabe, Aztec mythology, Blackfoot mythology, Cherokee mythology, Chickasaw mythology, Choctaw mythology, Creek mythology, Crow mythology, Ghost Dance, Guarani mythology, Haida mythology, Ho-Chunk mythology (aka Winnebago), Hopi mythology, Huron mythology (aka: Wyandot), Inca mythology, Inuit mythology, Iroquois mythology, Kwakiutl mythology, Lakota mythology, Leni Lenape mythology, Longhouse , Mapuche mythology, Maya mythology, Midewiwin, Miwok, Native American Church,, Navajo mythology, Nootka mythology, Ohlone mythology, Olmec mythology, Pomo mythology, Pawnee mythology, Salish mythology, Selk'nam, Seneca mythology, Tsimshian mythology, Urarina, Ute mythology, and Zuni mythology.

In Asia, there is Bon, Chinese mythology, Tengriism, Siberian Shamanism, Koshinto, and Japanese mythology.

In Eurasian/European traditions, there is Estonian mythology, Eskimo, Finnish mythology, Finnish, Hungarian, Sami (including the Noadidi tradition), and Tadibya.

In Oceanic and Pacific belief systems, there is Australian Aboriginal mythology, Balinese mythology, Javanese, Melanesian mythology, Micronesian mythology (Modekngei and Nauran indeginous), Philippine mythology (Anito, Gaba, and Kulam), Polynesian mythology (Hawaiian mythology and Maori), and Rapa Nui mythology (including Moai and Tangata manu).

Some New Age, NeoPagan religions include: Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca, Algard Tradition, Universal Eclectic Wicca, Seax-Wica,, McFarland Dianic, Covenant of the Goddess, Stregheria, Anthroposophy, Christian myticism, Esoteric Christianity, Hindu mysticism, Martinism, Meher Baba, Rosicrucian, Surat Shabd Yoga, Sufism, Thelema, Hoodoo, Voodoo, Kulam, Pow-wow, Seidor, Vaastu Shastra, and much more.

Answer 5

Pagan is not a religion, it is a type of religion. It is a catch-all term generally used by monotheists to refer to polytheistic religions. It means "of the country", as in a native religion.