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HEATHEN VS PAGAN DISAMBIGUATION

—“Curt, do you see Heathen and Pagan as concurrent/overlapping or do you see one preceding the other? I thought the terms were synonyms.”—Alan Robbins

ORDER IN TIME

  1. Heathen (hearth / spirits / nature)

  2. Pagan (family of gods / archetypes / society)

  3. Christian (one god / ruler / monopoly / politics)

  4. Science (man, heroes, universe, markets)

DISAMBIGUATION

The disambiguation between heathen and pagan is mine given the overlap. Pagan is a definite construction of the semitic era of organized religion. Heathen is a term that had no organized religious connotation.