Is Paganism The Same As Sun Worshipping?

[flobadob]

What is paganism, does it mean believing that the sun is the most important aspect of human life?

[DaisyNonna]

No

[sandyRoe]

I think we could all accept that the Sun is the most important element in life.

[bookbinder]

I think that there's more to paganism than just believing that about the sun.

[flobadob]

What are the fundamental beliefs of paganism?

[woofgang]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/20693321

[Peter Pedant]

easy answer - no

a pagan is anyone who is not a christian
so get hold of one and ask him

asking a Christian what a pagan believes is a bit of a non-starter to me

[flobadob]

So Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus are all pagans. Well that's that sorted.

[DaisyNonna]

My dictionary (very old) gives the definition of a pagan as someone who does not believe in Christianity, Judaism or Islam. Did the compilers know something that we don't?

[BlackadderV]

I don't want to start a religious thread but my understanding is that a pagan or paynim is one who rejects the one supreme god.

[DaisyNonna]

So would that be in accord with my dictionary?

[BlackadderV]

Yes

[DaisyNonna]

So the problem may be? Those who interpret What God wants or needs them to do?

[1ozzy]

Paganism doesn't give you melanomas.
Sun worshiping does.