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The term "pagan" to describe "non-Christian"s is derogatory, it should be replaced with "non-Christian" or other neutral terms. User:-Ril- 13:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Pagan is descriptive, not derogatory in the USA, anyway. Many such use the term in self-description. Check your dictionary— Random House does not deem it derogatory. In slang use it could mean non-religious, but that is not how it is used in the article. Non-Christian does not work as a substitute, otherwise Jews and Muslims could be called pagan! Polytheist probably would serve, but is a little less general, and a little more awkward. Pagan works best here.
The Wikipedia article (Paganism) indicates historical uses as frequently derogatory, but also agrees that it is used self-referentially, and used academically to refer to classic Greek and Roman religions, which is the case here. Where offense is not indicated, offense should not be taken. --Blainster 29 June 2005 08:01 (UTC)
The term "pagan" is used in this sense in nearly every article mentioning religions of this time period, and especially in Christianity related articles where the term is usefully used to group non-Christian religions. And, as Blainster mentions, the term has always been used to describe the classical Greek and Roman religions and has only recently, with the advent of modern groups using the term, been described as "derogatory". I am removing the NPOV. QVanillaQ03:09, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't he the extremist fundamentalist who is probably responsible to the burning of the ancient world's knowledge at the library of alexandria?
Is this article written by the Vatican? Why is it mentioned so hideously? 85.178.76.175 (talk) 09:11, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why is there STILL no mention or even a link to the article on Library of Alexandria? FFS, the image used to depict Theophilus is from a scroll talking about "destruction of the Serapeum by Theophilus".--92.36.204.30 (talk) 02:49, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
