>>514836751 (OP)
pagan in the sense that gods are useful archetypes to understand the world around you, and story/traditions have value. Similar to tarot cards, where you don't have to believe they are magical in order to draw value from attempting to interpret them.
Gods and rituals can be useful tools to allow your mind to approach problems in novel ways. Technically atheist since I don't believe gods exist in any real way outside of human imagination/consciousness.
I personally use norse deities for this purpose due to familial connection, but would use whatever pantheon of deities my family is most connected to were I someone else.
It only affects my political views in that I believe everyone has the right to practice their traditional religion so long as it does not infringe on other's rights to do so.
I do hate Christians, but that's because I grew up in a retarded pentecostal evangelical cult. I'd respect Christians if they actually stuck to their own professed values, but very few of them do.
Like your number one god tells you specifically to give away all of your money to the poor, and that it is impossible for the rich to enter heaven. "Money is the root of ALL evil"
But you see zero christians matching their faith with deeds, because they're too weak and lack conviction. Worse than that, half of them full on deep throat the rich or exploit each other for financial gain.
Meanwhile some Sikh or Hindu dude starves himself to death or holds his arm straight up for 30 years, Tibetan monks light themselves on fire. Sikhs feed all of the poor around them for free everywhere they worship. Christians don't make actual hard choices that affect their life, they just go to a social event once a week and justify to themselves the life they are already living. They all still drink, still get tattoos, eat pork, wear mixed fabrics, base their lives around greed, but pretend (badly) avoiding premarital sex or homosexuality are the only important things.