The country swayed precariously between Christianity and paganism.

这个国家在基督教和异教之间摇摆不定。

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Despite the difficulties of definition, paganism has slowly been winning recognition from the authorities.

尽管在异教的定义上存在困难，但异教已经慢慢得到机构的认可。

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COBOL would be Ancient Paganism - There was once a time when it ruled over a vast region and was important, but nowadays it's almost dead, for the good of us all.

COBOL是古老的异教——一度非常重要，统治了大片领土，如今却几乎消逝，对我们大家都有益。

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To write any kind of epic at all might very well seem to be embracing an inappropriately sensual paganism at the expense of the higher discipline of good, old-fashioned monotheistic Christianity.

不论你想写好任何形式的史诗,你都要接受一些不太恰当的异教信仰,违反一些基督教中好的教条，和过时的一神论思想。

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Mr Carr-Gomm is a self-professed Druid and a practitioner of Wicca (a modern form of paganism that can involve a lot of larking around naked) and enjoys stripping off his clothes during country walks.

ECONOMIST: Stripping off has never been easy