'Serenity'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Emily, when was the last time you heard people having sex?
Dude, you didn't hear this coffeemaker. At the end of every huff of boiling water, there was what sounded very much like a woman going, "nguh," or, well, you know what I mean, even if I'm not sure how to spell it.
sj's as close as I can get. Or just non-observant.
apostate?
I was gonna say "deist" also.
I guess a polytheist might acknowledge that there are gods outside of his/her pantheon. I mean, just because I pray to Gaia does not necessarily mean that I don't believe in Badb. I'm just not inclined to worship her. But I honestly can't think of a single word that covers that, aside from "disinterested".
What is Terry Pratchett said about witches/wizards and gods? That the witches & wizards acknowledge the existence of gods, but don't believe in them, because it would be like believing in a tree or a rock - they're just there (and it's no good to start paying them attention anyway, they might get a big head about it, troublesome creatures that they are)?
I was gonna say "deist" also.
Deist works.
The founding fathers were deist.
Deism seems to be more about the nature of god than the nature of the believer.
Calli--I was thinking like you were. I might be a devotee of Apollo and pay little attention to Aphrodite, although I certainly know she exists.
Non-practicing seems the closest so far, but it seems weird to put the label of Christian, say, anywhere near someone who doesn't view the whole thing with any reverence.
Yeah, Deist has a more specific meaning, so when people use it to mean something general, my pedantometer twitches.