Originally posted by cheshirecatstevensnope. hindus for example are heathens who do have gods. I'm not sure whether jews and muslims are considered heathens though, being that they believe in the same god as christians. but I have a hunch that for example the crusaders thought muslims were heathens?
isn't "godless heathen" redundant?
Originally posted by BlackampGood question. Answer is 'not necessarily'. 'Atheists' anywhere simply excercise their prerogative to refuse to acknowledge deity or divine law. Many are moral, respectable and responsible citizens. 'Heathens' connotes groups of people with strange or uncivilized customs (by someone else's ethnocentric standards). Many primitive villagers still wearing loin cloths have been evangelized and believe in Christ.
atheists are godless, but are they heathens?