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Why paganism in Europe died, where polytheism in Asia survived? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It's surprising that pagan religions of Europe have disappeared, but polytheistic religions of Asia (especially India) survived and are still widely followed there. Why?

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[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

One factor is that paganism is tolerant of adding additional gods, practices, or beliefs to your mix. From a pagan standpoint, adding in Christianity wasn't a big deal, but Christianity was not similarly tolerant, they weren't cool with you keeping your pagan gods. Plus their belief system had the threat of eternal damnation and the promise of heaven to motivate you.