Who Does a pagan pray to?

All I can say is that there is a lot you don't know about in this world --we who follow the pagan path are by NO means atheists...I think you should do a bit more reading, and not be ready to state something as fact when it isn't--this can be highly insulting to us who are of the Wicca or pagan path of life as we very much do believe in a force greater than our own

Um, actually the modernly accepted use of the word pagan isn't the same as atheist. I consider myself Pagan, and I do believe in Gods. In my case, my Gods are those that were worshipped by the Celts before Christianity came to Celtic lands. The Celts lived across Europe, but are most often associated with the British Isles. I do pray to my Gods, or more accurately, converse with them. My faith is based on my personal relationship with them, as well as on the stories about them that my great-grandmother taught me, and that I have learned since from studying history and religion.

Actually, the word "Pagan" has never meant "atheist." Here's a brief history lesson: The word "pagan" comes from the Latin "pagani" which, roughly, means "people who live in the countryside." In the Roman Empire it would probably have meant something similar to "hick" or "redneck." In other words, it was a mildly mocking term used to refer to those who lived far from the cities and "civilization." Later the word came also to refer to those who did not worshiip the Roman gods, but practiced some other, and usually more simple, religion. When Christianity took over Rome, it also took the word "pagan." As the new religion moved westward, it generally moved into the cities first. Missionaries would target landowners and rulers because if the person who rules a region becomes Christian, then the whole area would be considered Christian. This left the people who lived on the outskirts of the towns to their own devices. Missionaries didn't often bother with them, and there weren't enough clergy for every backwater hamlet, so many people in the countryside kept their old religions for decades, or sometimes for centuries. Eventually, these "pagani" became known as "pagans" and "heathens" (people who live out on the heath), and these words became synonymous with "non-Christian". So when you hear someone talk about "Godless pagans" they are not saying that Pagans believe in no god, they just don't believe in the Christian God (at least, not solely). In modern times, the word "Pagan" refers to a large number of religions, most of which are Earth or Nature-based and center around a pantheon of Gods from some older culture (Celtic, Norse, Native American, Egyptian, etc.). Pagans are almost all polytheistic (though many see all Gods as being One, and could therefore also be considered monotheistic and/or pantheistic). If you want a good overview of the Pagan traditions in the United States, I recommend the book "Drawing Down the Moon" by Margot Adler. The revised edition is, itself, becoming a bit dated as the years go by, but it still gives a very thorough and well-researched overview of the community.

I also know that a pagan believes in no God, they are atheists. What is the faith of the pagan base on? who do they pray to? Uh, why do you want to know who I pray to? I mean if you think Pagans are atheists, what makes you think they pray? Atheists and Pagans are NOT the same thing. Our gods are real. I am a Kemetic and I pray to the ancient gods, the ones that came before Christ.