>> 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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