nonpraying
Skipping the devotions
Nonpraying describes someone who does not pray, or something characterized by the absence of prayer.
The word typically appears in religious contexts distinguishing those who engage in prayer from those who don't: The study compared praying and nonpraying patients.
It can also modify things: nonpraying mantis plays on the insect's name.
Experienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- civilMinimally polite
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- earthlyOf this world
lay · civic · governmental · nonreligious · laic · secularist · nonspiritual · unchurched
Rejection of deities
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- godlessnessLack of belief
- materialistValues physical over spiritual
- naturalistStudent of nature
humanist · antireligious · antitheist · secular humanist · irreligion · unbelieving · faithless
Lacking religious respect
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- blasphemousDisrespectful toward the divine
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
iconoclastic · heretical · ungodly · unholy · contemptuous · mocking · scoffing
Lack of firm belief
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
disbelief · unbelief · freethinking · rationalism · unconvinced · doubtful · incredulous · nonbeliever
worldly
Experienced in practical affairs
earthly · lay · civic · governmental · nonreligious · laic · secularist · nonspiritual · unchurched · nonobservant
atheism
Rejection of deities
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- godlessnessLack of belief
- materialistValues physical over spiritual
naturalist · humanist · antireligious · antitheist · secular humanist · irreligion · unbelieving · faithless
impious
Lacking religious respect
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- blasphemousDisrespectful toward the divine
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
disrespectful · iconoclastic · heretical · ungodly · unholy · contemptuous · mocking · scoffing
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
skepticism · disbelief · unbelief · freethinking · rationalism · unconvinced · doubtful · incredulous · nonbeliever · doubter