Looks like you are mixing up important details that belong to different aspects called religion, culture, believes and even representatives of those aspects commonly refered to as idols.
Like to say:
There is a message, a messenger, a language that enshrines the message, as well as habits that represent them.
@jesuisatire anybody who’s got faith in Christ is supposed to be a Christian by default.
Pagan refers to those cultural patterns which are essentially non-Semitic in origin.
@codewizard
Looks like you are mixing up important details that belong to different aspects called religion, culture, believes and even representatives of those aspects commonly refered to as idols.
Like to say:
There is a message, a messenger, a language that enshrines the message, as well as habits that represent them.
@jesuisatire