mee said:well the question is, have others taken on these pagan beliefs ?
mee said:so are you saying that the catholics are the only ones that have taken on pagan beliefs?
I believe that was the original question...and the anwer is that they are not pagan beliefs. They are scripturally sound and valid, just not followed by everyone. That does not mean others are in sin because they do not follow them, just that sometime in their particular faith's past, they chose to stop following them.
Again, the only thing that is important to Christians (the only thing that matters), is their acceptance of Jesus as savior (personal savior). Everything else is icing on the cake.