2007-09-14 02:34:52 · 19 answers · asked by aminu2763 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes there are differences.
Why don't you just google the terms or use www.wikipedia.com ? you will find much better definitions of each term there than anyone will have room to post on here.
anyway, here are some (basic)definitions for you. hope this helps! Use the links to find out more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist
atheism is the absence of belief in deities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic
the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims...is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable due to the nature of subjective experience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan
a broad set of spiritual or cultic practices or beliefs of any folk religion, and of historical and contemporary polytheistic religions in particular
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animist
animism is the belief that souls inhabit all or most objects; it attributes personalized souls to animals, vegetables, and minerals
it is possible to be a combination of these since they are not mutually exclusive (e.g. you could be an animist atheist since atheism says nothing about the existence of a 'soul' (although most atheist probably don't believe in the soul)
2007-09-14 02:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between them all.
An atheist is someone who does not believe in God.
An agnostic is someone believes that the evidence for and against the existence of God is inconclusive.
A pagan is a practitioner of an Earth Religion.
An animist is someone who believes that personalized supernatural beings (or souls) inhabit all objects and govern their existence.
2007-09-14 02:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by MELISSA B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spelling?
Of course there's a difference. You have a dictionary and access to almost every bit of information on the planet (internet) USE IT!
Atheist has no god beliefe, agnostic means you can't know for sure, pagan is a religion and animist is like spirit belief or something.
All different see?
2007-09-14 02:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheist: Believes in no deities
Agnostic: Undecided in faith; a fence sitter
Pagan: Earth based spiritualist
Animist: Believe that all things, even inanimate objects, have a soul, or some kind of spiritual energy.
Note: Many Pagans are also animists. Like myself.
2007-09-14 02:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by Gothic Shadow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are differences among them.
An atheist does not believe in the existence of divine beings.
An agnostic believes that divine beings cannot be known or proven to exist.
A pagan, the name deriving from the Latin for "rural," tends to believe in the divinity of nature and natural process.
I am not familiar with what an "animist" might believe.
2007-09-14 02:41:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An atheist believes there is NO God.
An agnostic believes in the possibility that there is a God but isn't sure whether there is or not.
A pagan believes in a god or gods we in the West usually don't believe in, such as Zeus, Thor, Wiccan spirits, etc.
An animist believes many things have living spirits, such as dead people, trees, rivers, etc.
Hope this helps!
2007-09-14 02:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by topsy1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes:
Atheists: Do not believe any gods exist, period.
Agnostics: Are not sure if a god exists but still does not practice a religion.
Pagans: Belong to any one of a broad set of spiritual beliefs of folk religions or earth-based religions. Pagans are usually polytheistic (believing in more than one god). Paganism is very varied; there's not just one set of beliefs.
Animists: Simply believe in a "soul". Could be of any religion that believes in the existence of a soul.
2007-09-14 02:43:12 · answer #7 · answered by spike_is_my_evil_vampire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atheist: without belief in god(s)
agnostic: unsure of god(s)' existence
pagan: variety of religions (usually nature-worshipping) categorized as pagan by Christians (basically, non-Christian religions)
animist: religions that worship spirits
2007-09-14 02:40:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheist - beleif in nothing spiritual
Agnostic - beleif in something spiritual, but not orginized religion
Pagan - beleif that the earth is god, with the whole "Wind, Earth, Fire, Water" gods. This was probably the oldest religion.
Animist - is not realy a religion, but something that exists within most religions, it's the beleif of a soul.
2007-09-14 02:45:53 · answer #9 · answered by workin man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 00:45:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋