How many Buddhist, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, etc. are there here?
Unitarian Universalist checking in. Non-christian, non-pagan, non-coffee drinker.
I’m Taoist. (I also drink coffee. Mmm, coffee.)
Another UU here.
No official census, but there are a number of religious Jews on these boards. Among them are (in no particular order):
cmkeller, Keeve, CK Dexter Havn, IzzyR, RedNaxela, Gila B, Captain Amazing, sdimbert, MHand and probably a few other whom I hope will forgive me for momentarily forgetting them.
Zev Steinhardt
I hate to be a nit-pick, but this is one of my things.
Your two terms are mutually exclusive. A pagan is defined as anyone who is non-christian. Therefore, one cannot be both non-Christian and non-pagan at the same time.
<shrug> Some people don’t like it when you don’t use punctuation.
Technically, Simetra, you’re right, although in modern usage, very few Christians use the term “pagan” anymore to describe anyone from the other major religions of the world. There is a group of people who refer to themselves as pagans and follow what they believe to be the older religions of Europe that predate Christianity (including some who insist that they are Picts). This group does not seem to include Wicca, and does seem to exist mostly on college campuses.
Another Jewish doper here.
(that’s ok, zev, you’re quite forgiven. What, you think you’re going to keep track of all of us??)
Well, I get along well with Pagan/Wiccan types, but I count myself as a Discordian.
I’m just confused-does that make me a Confuscious?
Very active Unitarian Universalist here, with Jewish heritage.
Simetra, your definition also makes Jews into pagans which was never part of any traditional definition. It also makes athiests and agnostics pagan.
I’m pretty much aethiest.
I hate to be a nit-pick too, Simetra, but I do resent the statement above. I am non-Christian, in that I do not accept that Jesus was the son of God, nor that he is immortal. But, I am not a pagan, unless you define that to mean that a pagan views God as a non-anthropomorphic Higher Power.
Religion and faith, or non-faith, is personal to the individual concerned. I don’t think “dictionary definitions” can be used for all of us, here.
not so religious Hindu checking in
Only just spotted and realised what Padeye said on submit.
Hear, hear!
Diest in the house.
I am a Buddhist, and I do not consider myself a pagan.
I read the OP’s use of “pagan” as the modern definition that Kilt-wearin’ man referred to. It is sometimes called “neo-paganism,” which use is supported by no less an authority than the American Heritage Dictionary.
Solitary Wiccan here.
Another Unitarian Universalist here, and I tend to think of myself more spiritual rather than religious. I know that it sounds like a nit-pick, but if you truely understand the difference, you’ll see that it’s a BIG difference.