"Apparently you did not get my idea or that I actually know what you are talking about...."
It was your apparent separation of "Christians" from so-called "Pagans"...
Since the term "Pagan" essentially means "illiterate country-dweller", and keeping in mind the Pharisees' description of "Jesus' " followers as "contemptible" or whatever the exact term was, the term "Pagan" more accurately describes the relatively unlearned, little-read, poverty-stricken classes that tended to follow "Jesus", as they had little hope of a happy or successful life "on 'earth' "...
More than one "heathen" writer [well-educated PolyTheist] of ancient Rome described the people who became "Christians" in much the same way - ill-informed, unlearned, and in many cases, quite determined to remain that way...
Reminds me of the behavior of modern-day Fundamentalists, including the JWs, who tend [as a group] to run in fear from anything smacking of authentic scientific research or information based on research and confirmed experimentation...
THEY are the true "PAGANS", in my opinion...
And yes, I understand that you might find the term "Pagan" to be a useful 'shorthand' in your efforts to inform people of the fact that you worship an alternative to the "Johnny-come-lately", Middle Eastern male VOLCANO 'god' that so many Christians worship today...
But try "Neo-PolyTheist" instead. It'll give your listeners pause - and it's much, much more accurate... And not, at core, an insult to those using that term to describe themselves... Remember, the bible-thumpers like Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, and others of that ilk use the term "PAGAN", too.
So side-step their attacks, and befuddle them. Zid