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In ancient Greece, religion wasn't separate from culture, language, or identity — it was deeply woven into Greek customs (nomoi), myths, festivals, and public life.To practice Hellenic religion "properly," one needed to understand Greek rituals, myths, language, and social norms. Meaning that if you weren’t Greek you couldn’t be Hellenistic pagan. Also, teh reason we don’t have temples is because people don’t believe in those pagan gods anymore. Many of the “pagans” we have in today’s TikTok largely came from other religions and converted cuz their older religion was boring and wante dit be “special” meaning that “paganism” (also called neo-paganism) was spread by social media, not faith or doctrine. (There is litteraly WitchTok, PaganTok etc…) also, Social media thrives on aesthetics—and modern paganism is often rich in symbols, altars, candles, crystals, tarot cards, nature scenes, etc… meaning that people “converted” to aesthetically appeals them not for faith or similar. In summery: No you aren’t pagan as you don’t fit into the customs and most likely would be seen as a barbarian/outsider in the ancient world. There are no temples cuz no one truly believes in them anymore. That’s it thanks for listening!
2025-08-03 21:10:19