▁the ▁practices ▁this ▁feeling ▁impos es . ▁It ▁can ▁even ▁affect ▁the ▁worship ▁we ▁offer ▁the ▁true ▁God , ▁e . g ., ▁when ▁one ▁attributes ▁an ▁importance ▁in ▁some ▁way ▁mag ical ▁to ▁certain ▁practices ▁otherwise ▁law ful ▁or ▁necessary . ▁To ▁attribute ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁pray ers ▁or ▁of ▁sacr amental ▁signs ▁to ▁their ▁mere ▁external ▁performance , ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁interior ▁dispos itions ▁that ▁they ▁demand ▁is ▁to ▁fall ▁into ▁super st ition . ▁C f . ▁Matthew ▁ 2 3 : 1 6 – 2 2 " ▁( para . ▁# 2 1 1 1 ) ▁ ▁Ag nost ic ism ▁and ▁at he ism ▁ ▁The ▁terms ▁at he ist ▁( lack ▁of ▁belief ▁in ▁any ▁gods ) ▁and ▁ag nost ic ▁( bel ief ▁in ▁the ▁un know ability ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁gods ), ▁though ▁specifically ▁contrary ▁to ▁the istic ▁( e . g . ▁Christian , ▁Jewish , ▁and ▁Muslim ) ▁religious ▁teach ings , ▁do ▁not ▁by ▁definition ▁mean ▁the ▁opposite ▁of ▁religious . ▁There ▁are ▁relig ions ▁( including ▁Buddh ism , ▁T ao ism , ▁and ▁H indu ism ), ▁in ▁fact , ▁that ▁class ify ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁follow ers ▁as ▁ag nost ic , ▁at he istic , ▁or ▁n ont he istic . ▁The ▁true ▁opposite ▁of ▁religious ▁is ▁the ▁word ▁ir rel ig ious . ▁Ir rel ig ion ▁describes ▁an ▁absence ▁of ▁any ▁religion ; ▁ant ire lig ion ▁describes ▁an ▁active ▁opposition ▁or ▁a version