What was the best pagan religion?
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>>18731929Chinese folk religion.>No clergy/priests.>No Dogma that dictates your life 24/7>No meme books that you're required to study to fully understand the religion.>Vibe coded faith consisting mainly of rituals to appease/ward of deity of your choice depending on your need.>Gods aren't authoritarian micromanagers like the jewish one nor fickle manchildren like the Greek ones. Basically upholds the Cosmos and expects you to be in charge of running the Mortal (human) realm.>Can insert your fanfic gods into the metanarrative>Fun festivals (Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Hungry Ghost Month)>You can become a god.>Badass logos.>Belief in magic.>Sex magic.>When encountering new religions it merely adds stuff from the new religion into the existing religion instead of going into religious wars & crusades/jihads.
>>18731929Buddhism. Zoroastrianism. If you feel rebellious, Platonism or Confucianism.
>>18732303fpbp>>18732376>PlatonismSo Christianity? Makes sense it's a very succesful pagan religion after all
>>18732374Chinese Folk Religion has elements of Dogma. For example there is a such a thing as bad magic & rituals where a person approaches an evil entity for the purposes of causing harm to other people.This was called "wugu" (lit. bad magic) a.k.a sorcery in Chinese law and was illegal during the time of the Emperors, where those accused of committing were tried as if they committed actual murder.
