>>12225541Abrahamism is based on the concept of original sin, that man through eve defied god and was kicked out of paradise for it. It puts sin and shame on humans from the get go, with salvation through obedience to rules.
Paganism is really anthropomorphic animism with the Indo-European archetypes super-imposed over the forces of nature. It acknowledges that life is cruel and we are all locked in struggle. Watching nature documentaries should affirm this: the lion kills the antelope not out of malice but the need to survive. It doesn't genocide antelopes, only preying upon the weak, sick, and old. To think humans are not part of this cycle and susceptible to the forces nature is hubris.
Paganism provides a more clear picture of war. Abrahmism requires metaphysical/justification for war. Compare this with the Tain Bo Culaigne or Hindu Vedas and the cause of conflict is often avarice or greed on behalf of a sovereign, and as their forces muster the warriors and foot soldiers lament having to go to war against men and women they know and possibly love from their childhoods. But fight they must, as their lord or lady demands it and it is their role in society.
Finally, Abrahamism views the universe as a limited event with a beginning and end, while paganism views the cosmos as part of a perpetual cycle. Ragnorak is a prophesied battle of the gods, but includes a few survivors who go on to build humanity anew, thus renewing the cycle. The world moves through days and seasons. There isn't just one year that starts in the winter and ends in the fall.