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From: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: talk.religion.pagan
Keywords: to pagan or not to pagan
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Date: 13 Nov 89 20:59:50 GMT
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The word "pagan" means a lot.  The dictionary says one, the followers of
mainstream religions use another definition, self-pronounced pagans
mean it to use something else.

Does it matter?  I say no.  

The approximate meaning of the word pagan is something just about everyone
seems to agree on.  Most people seem aware that Druidic rituals would fall
belong in t.r.pagan, while discussions of the healing properties of crystals
would be valid in t.r.newage.

Wicca is a specific kind of "paganism" (not to use the term in a deragatory
manner).  There are others.  But if you use the term pagan, most people have
an idea of what that is.  And clarity is what's important.

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