Original sentence: All tend to agree that Neopaganism is a subcategory of Paganism, and differ only on the precise relationship between the modern and ancient varieties.As a subcategory of Paganism, people and concepts which are Neopagan can accurately, albeit imprecisely, be regarded as Pagan.Most Neopagans stress connections with older forms of Paganism, sometimes in terms of "underground" continuity.Neopaganist beliefs and practices are extremely diverse.Some adherents reject the term "Neopaganism" altogether, seeing no reason to separate it from other forms of Paganism, while others take no issue with it.The term "Neopagan" is used by academics and many adherents to denote those Pagan traditions which are largely modern in origin, or which are conceived as reconstructions of ancient practices
Edited sentence: In the history of ideas it is understood that revivals are not identical to their models: comparisons of Plato with Neoplatonism and Roman sculpture with the neoclassicism of, for example, Antonio Canova; thus the term "Neopagan" is used by academics and many adherents to denote those Pagan practices, partly deeply traditional, partly   modern in origin, which are conceived as reconstructions of ancient practices.Most Neopagans stress connections with  paganism in its original forms, sometimes in terms of "underground" continuity.Neopaganism is no more a "subcategory" of paganism than Canova's Perseus (illustration below right) is a "subcategory" of Roman sculpture.Neopaganist beliefs and practices are extremely diverse, and tend towards syncretic melding of once-diverse practices and beliefs.nevertheless, some modern pagans reject the term "Neopaganism" altogether, seeing no reason to separate it from other forms of paganism and demanding that people and concepts which are Neopagan can be regarded as pagan