# No Duh! Titles of Programs on Youtube

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**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-duh-titles-of-programs-on-youtube/953576 "2021-10-31T17:38:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
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So, I am leaving youtube on for background noise, and it seems to have hit upon Absolute History …

Title of this one?

“How Paganism Dominated the Ancient World”

Haven’t started watching it yet, but correct me if I am wrong - if something occurs BC - Before Christ, is it not unusual for _everything_ to be paganism because there IS no Christianity yet? Doesn’t there have to be Christianity for stuff to be considered Pagan [term deriven from the word for country bumpkin, more or less]

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
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> [@aruvqan](#):
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> Doesn’t there have to be Christianity for stuff to be considered Pagan

The Jews might have something to say about that. And maybe Akhenaten.

In other words, I think “pagan” is usually taken to mean believing in many gods rather than one. Alternatively, it can mean outsiders who don’t believe in _your_ religion, whatever your religion is.