Firstly lets take a look at the word "Pagan", well it comes from the Latin word paganus, meaning country dweller or rustic and is used to describe any localised religion before Christianization,it includes most of the Eastern religions, and the indigenous traditions of the Americas, Central Asia, Australia and Africa, I hope that clears it up.
Mr Grasse claims that long after the Middle East was "basking in the glow" of sane monotheism we, as a nation were still performing pagan ceremonies, well I hate to burst your bubble Mr Grasse but we still are - and so are you, or rather anyone that is Christian and celebrates Christmas or indeed Easter are, as Christmas was originally taken from ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast. Also Easter, even the name "Easter" is taken from a pagan goddess called Eastre (or Eostre) who was the goddess of the spring.
I have to agree that as a nation we did practise human sacrifices, but so did almost every major religion that is around today, in fact you could argue that all forms of capital punishment are a secularised variant of human sacrifice, but thankfully Britain outlawed capital punishment back in 1969 (1973 in Ireland) although for certain offences you could still be hanged - until the law changed in 1998 that is. So which country still sacrifices humans to this day? Come on lets all say it together
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AMERICA!
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