2006-11-11 07:33:04 · 20 answers · asked by shirleykins 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wiccans are typically nature worshipping or Goddess/God worshipping people who believe that any harm they bring into the universe will be revisted upon themselves. Pagans can be anything from Wiccans to Druids to people who don't believe in a corporeal god. There's tons of info out on the web.
2006-11-11 07:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
if we define Pagan as a person that believes in many gods.
(the word pagan was originally used to describe anyone that was not Cheistian. and later came to mean anyone that was not of your paticular monothestic religion. and now has come to mean anyone that worships more than one god.)
then Pagan is a very broad term.it would encompas thousands of gods and goddesses. and hundreds of different religions and solitary paths.
Pagan is usually used by people that worship more than one god but also worship gods of different pantheons. such as Greek and Nordic gods. or Egyptian and Celtic gods just as an example.
however some people define themselves further. I often say that i am a Celtic Pagan. to define myself as a Pagan that worships the Celtic gods and goddesses.
Wiccan is a person that follows the religion of Wicca. it is a Pagan religion that has it's own rituals and beliefs. that are similar to but seperate form other pagan beliefs.
niether are Satanic. this is a stereotype that igornant Christians put on anything that they do not understand, or quite frankly anything that they do not like. how many medieval scientists and doctors and philosophers were called Satanic by the church?
most Pagans (Wiccans included do not believe in a hell or a devil. we do not believe in an afterlife of punishment. we do (usually)believe in reincarnation and we believe that the crimes that we commit and the evil that we do will come back to us in this life or the next one.
2006-11-11 15:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A pagan is a person who is not a member of one of the world's major religions. A pagan is just a non-believer.
A wiccan is one who practices Witchcraft.
2006-11-11 17:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by robin rmsclvr25 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All Wiccans are pagans, but not all pagans are Wiccans. Wicca is a sect of paganism (technically, neo-paganism), just as Catholicism is a sect of Christianity.
Skybelle, we are not Satanists. We do not even believe that Satan exists. Please try not to judge other by the narrowness of your own beliefs.
2006-11-11 16:08:19 · answer #4 · answered by whtknt 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wicca is jus one of many pagan religions. All Wiccans are pagan, but not all pagans are Wiccan.
2006-11-11 19:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Wiccan is a type of Pagan, as a Baptist is a type of Christian. They share many common beliefs with other members of the over-group, while retaining their unique identity in the details of their belief system.
2006-11-11 17:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A wiccan is a type of pagan. There are many paths in paganism and wicca is just one of the paths. All pagans are not wiccans, but all wiccans are pagans.
2006-11-11 15:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
"Pagan" is a very general term. It does not refer to a specific belief system. Wicca is a specific spiritual belief. Pagans are just things "other than Christians"...it's a word Christians coined to describe those outside their beliefs.
2006-11-11 15:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by Emily D 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A wiccan - post-modern witch. a type of pagan
A pagan - someone who believes in multiple gods
2006-11-11 15:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Wicca is a varity of Paganism, just like Catholicism is a variety of Christianity.
2006-11-11 15:38:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋