An atheist is someone who believes in no higher power (to borrow an AA phrase) at all. They think that when you die, that's it. No afterlife, what you do here doesn't matter on any other plane, etc. An agnostic believes that there is a higher power (maybe), but is withholding judgement on what or who it might be.
Pagans - to me, anyway - don't tend to fall into either category. They believe in multiple, or at least dual, gods and goddesses, the Power of Three is a guiding tenent, etc. I think pagans tend to be MORE spiritual than other religions I've been in contact with, just because they spend so much time thinking about it and how they fit in.
Atheists and Agnostics don't seem to have the same concerns.
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An atheist is someone who believes in no higher power (to borrow an AA phrase) at all. They think that when you die, that's it. No afterlife, what you do here doesn't matter on any other plane, etc. An agnostic believes that there is a higher power (maybe), but is withholding judgement on what or who it might be.
Pagans - to me, anyway - don't tend to fall into either category. They believe in multiple, or at least dual, gods and goddesses, the Power of Three is a guiding tenent, etc. I think pagans tend to be MORE spiritual than other religions I've been in contact with, just because they spend so much time thinking about it and how they fit in.
Atheists and Agnostics don't seem to have the same concerns.