she was spit on by a christian because she was Pagan

Since someone else already gave an explanation of what paganism is, I suppose I don't really have to do that. I will say a couple things on the matter though. Pagan is an umbrella term for a whole group of religions. Usually pagan religions are polytheistic, worshipping multiple deities, both male and female. The pagan religions come from all over the world, and are mostly based on older beliefs that were held by people before Christianity swept the world. It's quite a generalization to say that "all pagans" believe anything, but there is a tendency to emphasize the importance of nature and personal responsibility. It isn't hard for me to believe the incident you spoke of. I grew up pagan in Kentucky, which is largely very fundamentalist Christian. I had a very hard time growing up. For a while kids in my class made it a habit to throw Bibles at me in school. Teachers and other adults often told me that I and those who taught me my religion were all "going to Hell". I even suffered physical violence over it. I wish I had known then that there was something I could do about it, but everyone around me just told me they couldn't do anything, even the police. I do feel badly for this poor girl, who was trying to do a good deed, and was punished for it by a very stupid and cruel person.

Well I will talk about that guy's attitude only in this post. I wouldn't link his rude and stupid behaviour to the fact he's a Christian, since Christianism is not intolerant on itself. Nowadays Christianism is far from those dark ages we had in Europe some centuries ago. However, there are still some fundamentalistic groups that behave as if they were in the Middle Ages, many of them placed in Southern USA. What he did was a shame, but i wouldn't give it much importance to be honest. That girl knows she didn't do anything wrong and that's what matters.

I'm just a bit curious as to why you started a thread instead of posting in the thread you are discussing....

I was reading at all the responses and I glad learn that I belong to Pagan christianity group. Nevertheless, I am happy with my religion what ever it is and I will never change to any religion if ever it was a pagan religion for we dont interpret it in the community of religion we belong, but I am more on what a person I am in relation to God. It is apparent that in my choice of religion, still many are lost and commit sin as they like but it is still not the point to change belief. what is important is your relationship with your God , that God is good in every way and you to be good as well. The case of the girl being spat upon donating some clothes, where the man who spat at her is a classic example of hypocrites within that kind of religion. I accept that I do sin my self, I myself is a hypocrite to others and I accept that, for nobody haven"t sinned. But we tend to limit the best we can. God Bless you all.

Ok first off I think the pagan religion is where people worship other idols. Now I could be wrong. I am a born again Christian and I really dont think any Christian should act the way that man did. I believe in heaven and hell. My religion teaches me to love everyone and to tell every one about salvation and saving themself from the pits of hell. In my eyes that man just sent that poor girl to hell. He should have witnessed to her. I do know God will judge him for that if he is even saved. That makes me so mad. I wish i could have been there.

Pagan is a generic term for non popular religions. Most are some form of Wicca. Most of our holidays are based on Pagan religions. Christmas and Sunday are 2 pagan days that a lot of people didn't know were pagan holidays. As far as what happened. Christians often forget the bible only using it for bland quotes to justify their actions. This is a perfect example of Mary getting stoned. Didn't he say "He who hath no sin throw the 1st stone?" I think before christians react this way they should try to teach people before they push them away. What they did is made sure that person will never devote her life to christ.