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And Pagan was simply a term for country dwellers – not part of the citified folk. It was used for those who were not citizens and participants in the state religion. Christianity has since used Pagan as a derogatory label against those who did not adopt its faith, just as Muslims quite easily label those not of their faith ‘infidels’.
