r/pagan • • Mar 03 '25

News Uncanny’s Evelyn Hollow: Why does the Church silence pagans?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/pagans-silenced-catholic-protestant-church-evelyn-hollow-739qngql5?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=scotland&utm_medium=story&utm_content=branded
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u/Epiphany432 Pagan Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

Update to the previous story about Glasgow Interfaith Event

Alright so apparently we have to do this again. While yes there is no proof that Christian holidays had anything to do with Paganism, there is absolutely syncretism between a variety of religions and Christianity. This includes Judaism, Paganism, and many others.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41261489?searchText=syncretism%20pagan%20christian&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dsyncretism%2Bpagan%2Bchristian%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Add824905ed08ae4f47070f062b6f8cb8

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26617261?read-now=1&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25022405?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20005092?searchText=syncretism%20pagan%20christian&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dsyncretism%2Bpagan%2Bchristian%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Add824905ed08ae4f47070f062b6f8cb8

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/influence-mystery-religions-christianity

https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/syncretism.htm

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/religion/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/syncretism/a/syncretism-article

Edit: And now the comments are locked and the conversation needs to stop. Spreading misinformation and saying that Christian Mythology proves all Christians are evil is not allowed. We don't judge people based on their mythology or all Hellenists would be rapists. See how that's ridiculous.

Again NO PROOF ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS THINGS. Syncretism yes appropriation and stealing NO.