• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I remember one girl saying it was tantamount to paganism but the reception she got suggested the room didn’t agree with her.

    “Paganism” carries a lot of political and theological baggage, particularly among Christian Evangelicals, such that calling something “pagan” can be seen as derogatory rather than explanatory.

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I was not aware of that. Things are different where I live. Pagan has no real negative connotation here. In the land of Druids and the Eisteddfod anyone claiming paganism would be ok; plus Christian Evangelicalism ain’t really a thing over here.