Paganism vs Nihilism - What's the difference?
paganism | nihilism |
Indigenous and polytheistic religions.
A class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
(philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
(ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
(politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
(politics, historical) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.
As nouns the difference between paganism and nihilism
is that paganism is indigenous and polytheistic religions while nihilism is a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.paganism
English
(wikipedia paganism)Noun
- Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism .
- While paganism is a broad term, most forms pay close attention to the lunar and solar cycles.
See also
* Christianity * heathen * heathendom * heathenism * gentilenihilism
English
Noun
- "...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism " (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go )