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Non-Jews: Contemporary Definitions
The Noahide Noahide-specific Website: http://www.asknoah.org/Default.html Noahide Laws:
- The Noahide laws are the mitzvot (commandments) that Judaism teaches that all of humankind is morally bound to follow. Although opinions differ on the reach of these laws, all contemporary authorities agree that there are seven main laws.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noahide
Definitions of GENTILE on the Web:
- a person who is not Jewish
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randyj2222/gendictg.html - A non-member of the LDS Church.
christiandefense.org/mor_define.htm - is a person who is not a Jew or of the Jewish faith. Christians in the early church were both Jew and Gentile. Paul was a Jew as were most of the early church leaders, including Peter, James, John and Barnabas. However, Luke and others who were recruited by Paul were Gentiles. Paul believed that Judaism was not a separate religion, but a moral law or code by which people lived. One could be both a Jew and a Christian, as one might be a Stoic as well as a Christian.
www.biblestudyinfo.com/paul/concepts.shtml - A NON JEW. This term usually referred to Greeks and Romans but applied to all "non - jews" or persons who were not descendants of Abraham through Jacob, thus it could include Syrians, Egyptians, Phoenicians etc.
www.ida.net/users/rdk/ces/definitions.html - heathen: a person who does not acknowledge your god
- a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
- in this sense `gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; `goy' is a derogatory word for Christians used by Jews
- a Christian; "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"
- belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - The word Gentile has several meanings. In the most common modern use it refers to a non-Jew. The word is derived from the Latin term gens (meaning "clan" or a "group of families") and it is often employed in the plural. In late Latin gentilis meant "pagan", and the term gentile has sometimes been used in the past as a synonym for "heathen" or "pagan"; this usage is archaic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentile
The Pagan
Definitions of pagan on the Web:
- heathen: a person who does not acknowledge your god
- a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
- heathen: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
- hedonist: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - a practitioner of an Earth Religion; from the Latin paganus, a country dweller.
www.conjure.com/COG/idef.html - In Corinth, non-Jews were called Gentiles or pagans. The Latin word indicated a "country dweller," or someone outside the culture of the city.
gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/glossary.stm - or Boyan, who finally concluded peace with the emperor. 11
www.bartleby.com/67/439.html - A generic term for a number of pre-Christian faiths – druids, witches. Pagan faith is linked to locality and to the Earth.
www.druidnetwork.org/lightning/glossary - (Pay-gun) - One who follows or practices an earth-based or nature religion.
www.moonbeamgarden.com/witchscottage/wiccan_pagan_glossary.htm - This word originally comes from Latin. 'Pagus' means a canton or district, or in other words a parcel of land, usually out in the country. A 'paganus' was one who lived on this parcel of land, usually working it as a farm or performing other rural tasks. 'Paganus' came to mean country folk. As Christianity came to various parts of Europe, the people in the towns and cities were converted, but those in the country were not. So country folk were non-Christian. ...
members.tripod.com/~jack_in_the_green/terms/terms.html - Someone who follows the old, Earth-centered religions.
www.thepeacefulplanet.com/glossary.html - from the latin paganus or country dweller; used as a term to describe followers of polytheistic religions.
www.museangel.net/terms.html - Of or pertaining to one of the polytheistic faiths indiginous to Europe. Literally means "country dweller". Unfortunately nowadays, due to extensive media disinformation, the word is being used as a synonym for Wicca.
www.winterscapes.com/uppsala/glossary.htm - A person who follows non christian or other socially established faiths. They are usually of an earth based faith or religion. This includes family's taught practices that might including witch craft, psychic gifts and the like.
thecronescorner.com/Definitions.html - One who is neither a Christian, a Jew, or a Moslem
www.innvista.com/culture/religion/diction.htm - Pre-Christian animistic or polytheistic practice.
www.partialobserver.com/davinci/Glossary.cfm - a follower of a nature-based religion. It is important to remember that all wiccans are pagan, but not all pagans are wiccan. There is a very wide variety of pagan religions, wicca is just one of them.
members.aol.com/fadeddragn/dictionary.html - Heathen, especially one who worshipped the gods of ancient Greece and Rome.
www.godonthe.net/dictionary/p.html - When used by Christians, this word basically means non-Christian. Therefore to Christians, all other world religions - Buddhism, Hindu, Wicca, etc - are considered 'pagan'.
www.geocities.com/cheshirekatz/gazebo/mythoterms.html - I use this as a broad blanket term for anyone who is not of Chritian, Moslem, or Jewish faiths. From the Latin word paganus, meaning country dweller (similar to heathen - who lives on the heath).
www.exploremaine.com/~lorelei/pi_glossary.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:pagan&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
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