Mixing of good and evil, Torah and mans wisdom, Jewish and Hellenistic theology, saying one thing but doing another.
This would be one prime example as is Christmas.
Pagan=worldy, in common usage it ment "country men" those not in the city. The unlearned, the barbarian. The worldly, those following other gods.
as far as the rest, I do not believe I have a right to speak of these things in here. I do not want to breach the rules nor do I want to pay a fine at the moment for speaking my heart. This is a Christian forum and I am aware I am in the minority here.
Maybe if you would search the previous posts made on "easter, christmas, holidays," in this MJ forum you can glean some meat from it.
In short, it's the mixture of worldy ways with what Churches think is the Truth. eg. once saved always saved, sinner saved by grace, modern church is ordained by Elohim, KJV is a divinely written book, tithing, buildings, money, not feeding the sheep, ..............look at the sins of Yisrael and you will see a striking similarity, read the prophets and you will see organized religion fit right in with the condemned, not the righteous.
My issue with this is not to condemn nor to hate, but to speak the Truth, walk the straight path in a crooked perverse world, I will not be silent till Elohim is glorified by his creation, till his will is done. I will not stop glorifying him. No matter who calls me what or persecutes me in any way. Love is not tolerance, it is usually shown in sacrifice. I sacrifice my "good standing" with beni when I discipline him. He doesn't like me that much when I discipline him. But I sacrifce my position with him in order to teach him. I do not let him be and pray Elohim will do something about it. Adonai says to me, "I have given him YOU, THAT is what I did about it you fool, now GIVE YOURSELF TO HIM." Even if he thinks your a big ole meany. Love is kind, patient, long suffering, not proud, not boastful, ......Love seeks to give all you have so that another might be blessed. I love all mankind because Elohim created us. His will is that we give him glory. That we love him. If we love him we follow his commandments. It dosn't say he will love us anyway though we don't.
b,shalom v,ahavah
Shimshon