The Christians and Pagans: Why do most some christians put them down?

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This is something that I wondered since i was a child. I had a close friend who's mother was part wicca which is associated with Pagan beliefs. I was told by my mother that it was fine for me to have my friend teach me some things about the wiccan beliefs, but the chruch (roman catholics) had strong objections to it. I've heard radical christians state that people who practice pagan rituals are devil worshipers. These people i find 'stupid' for a simple term. There are many facts that point out that most of the christian practices come from pegan beliefs. How you do you feel about this? And how do you react to groups and christians putting down the pagan religion?? Now i love a good debate so I want peoples opinon about this. speak your mind and please speak in detail, for one liners will be rated (-) and spammers will be reported. thanks Here are some quotes from some website that i find very interesting. ---------------------------- from AskWhy! http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/0795PagansChristians.html "Christianity used Paganism like a teenager building his hot rod—it was a great source of spare parts. The large holes in Christianity were filled with adaptations from Paganism. The ancient philosophers, whose schools the Christians shut, gave it philosophy. Christianity often cynically adopted Pagan rites and ideas. They were “received” into the Church. Every important church festival coincides with an ancient solar or Pagan festival. The roles of Pagan gods were given to saints. It is a curious god this Christian one, that refuses to allow any other gods but cannot think of any new dates for his own festivals. Instead, He choses ones used for countless millennia by the gods he does not like and renames those old gods as Christian saints and lets them carry on with their old jobs!" ---------------------------- And this is a section from an article i found interesting as well http://atheism.about.com/b/a/025971.htm http://atheism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.thesylvaherald.com/A%2Dpagans%5F091103.htm "Pagans and Christians clashed in Sylva, North Carolina, when Christian evangelists disrupted an outdoor meeting of Pagans at a public park. Protestors were asked to shut off car stereos blaring Christian music and street preacher Dean Moore was asked to put away his megaphone which he used to shout out "Jesus Saves." It is worth noting that the story carries a picture of Sylvan Hearth Pagan Temple High Priestess Lianna Costantino-Cardon extending her hand in friendship and greeting to Dean Moore, but he refused to take it and like a child kept his own hands behind the sandwich board he used to promote his "Turn to Jesus" message. What does that say about his character?" --------------------------- How do you feel about people like this???