George's definition of paganism was presented at a recent meeting of Toward Tradition, a group that brings together Orthodox Jews and conservative Christians. He said paganism is not confined to the past, with primitive peoples offering sacrifices to the sun or praying to golden calves. You see, the essence of paganism is idolatry the worship of false gods in place of the one true God. But, sadly, many modern Christians fall into pagan practices and don't even know it, and some attend churches that actually promote it. There's a fool-proof test, George says.
False gods demand the blood of innocents.
When Christians of the past burned heretics, persecuted Jews, and enslaved Africans, they were serving, not the biblical God, but false gods. The false gods of modern pagans are even more bloodthirsty. They're sacrificed on stainless steel altars, by priests robed in surgical whites. And advocates of assisted suicide and euthanasia are their fellow believers. In reality, they're worshipping, not the God of compassion, but false gods of depravity and death.