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'''Paganism''' is a group of religions in which practitioners worship a deity, or deities, usually based on the earth or nature, and not [[Christian]], [[Muslim]], or [[Jewish]].  The adherents worship a diety or deities that are not related to the Abrahamic God. Paganism, from Latin paganus, literally means (as a noun) "country dweller." Alternatively, pagan is used as a pejorative to describe anyone not of a certain faith, similar to the pejorative '[[heathen]]'. Originally to term Pagan was used by the romans to describe  those living in provincial regions of the Roman Empire, unsophisticated country folk, their religious practices later came to represent the main focus of this.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pagan merriam-webster.com]</ref>
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'''Paganism''' is a group of religions in which practitioners worship a deity, or deities, usually based on the earth or nature, and not [[Christian]], [[Muslim]], or [[Jewish]].  The adherents worship a deity or deities that are not related to the Abrahamic God. Paganism, from Latin paganus, literally means (as a noun) "country dweller." Alternatively, pagan is used as a pejorative to describe anyone not of a certain faith, similar to the pejorative '[[heathen]]'. Originally to term Pagan was used by the romans to describe  those living in provincial regions of the Roman Empire, unsophisticated country folk, their religious practices later came to represent the main focus of this.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pagan merriam-webster.com]</ref>
    
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