Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
UNBELIEVING
disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving
(adjective) denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; “a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles”
nescient, unbelieving
(adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving
(adjective) rejecting any belief in gods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
unbelieving (comparative more unbelieving, superlative most unbelieving)
That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical
Synonym: nonbelieving
Antonym: believing
Source: Wiktionary
Un`be*liev"ing, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
2. Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." Acts xiv. 2.
– Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv.
– -- Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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