Atheist: Believes there is no God
Hard Agnostic: Believes that it’s impossible to know if God exists
Soft Agnostic: Doesn’t know if God exists (This is a reasonable place to start your journey)
Pantheist: Believes God is everything around us. God is impersonal and is embedded in the universe. Spiritual forces and energy exist in nature, as do spirits of the deceased. (New Age, Animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism)
Deist: Believes in the existence of a supreme being who created the universe and humans, but doesn’t interact or intervene in affairs of humans or nature.
Theist: Believes in a personal God who created everything but (unlike pantheism) is distinct and outside of what was created. The theistic God is concerned about and intervenes with His creation, including us. (Judaism, Islam, Christianity)