RE: Re: Loskalmi Occupational Keywords

From: Nick Brooke <Nick_at_...>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:56:00 +0100


Gareth wrote:

>> They aren't denying that otherworldly phenomena exist, or that they
>> appear to give power to practitioners of bizarre foreign rites. They
>> simply treat this as irrelevant to themselves. They worship no gods.
>> That makes them atheists.

> Ah, I see.  I would have expected that to be described as "apathetic"
> rather than "atheist".  They do not refute the existance of god, they
> just don't care.

This may be *technically* true; however, "apathetic Brithini sorcerers" doesn't sound anywhere near as scary as "atheist Brithini sorcerers" (to a devout theist or Malkioni), so I doubt the terminology you propose will ever catch on :-)

Cheers, Nick

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