That's fair, and you're right that that particular example does exclude people who don't believe in that sort of god. In fact, that kind of deity is such an obvious theological trap and such an easy one to avoid, that it's still sort of baffling to me that anybody still does.
So yes, that example is not really addressing the particular kinds of deity that Pagans revere/interact with. I will say that the Achilles heel of the Pagan traditions I've interacted with is less their notion of deity than the whole idea of magic, and that would indeed have to be addressed separately.
However, just because the most obvious and gratuitous offenders are the dominating monotheisms and their apologists doesn't mean that nobody is familiar with Paganism or that nobody has managed to find any flaws with Pagan teachings. I know that with me personally... I do have problems, and questions that nobody has been able to answer (and I have asked people who, after damn near a lifetime of practicing and leading and teaching, should have at least been able to tell me how they answered them for themselves). However, my energy is better spent trying to chip away at the people who are not just wrong, but who have the will and the power to make my life shittier for saying so.
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So yes, that example is not really addressing the particular kinds of deity that Pagans revere/interact with. I will say that the Achilles heel of the Pagan traditions I've interacted with is less their notion of deity than the whole idea of magic, and that would indeed have to be addressed separately.
However, just because the most obvious and gratuitous offenders are the dominating monotheisms and their apologists doesn't mean that nobody is familiar with Paganism or that nobody has managed to find any flaws with Pagan teachings. I know that with me personally... I do have problems, and questions that nobody has been able to answer (and I have asked people who, after damn near a lifetime of practicing and leading and teaching, should have at least been able to tell me how they answered them for themselves). However, my energy is better spent trying to chip away at the people who are not just wrong, but who have the will and the power to make my life shittier for saying so.