[RegulatorCountry]

Aah, the “money churches.”. Fair enough, but I’ve never regarded them as particularly pagan, just crass.

[Tax-chick]

I’ve never regarded them as particularly pagan ...

Then you weren't looking at the essence. The essence of paganism is, "I give you, you give me," or "I pay you, you don't Zot me." One version or the other characterizes most overtly pagan religions and most distortions of Christianity or of Judaism.