Paleo Phil wrote:
>Do you have a better term to suggest than nontheist that does not
>carry any of the misleading baggage of "atheist," a term which would
>describe those who do not hold a belief in any theos/god(s) but don't
>necessarily view all religion and spirituality as destructive and may
>even accept that there is value to certain aspects and forms of
>religion or spirituality, a term which you would apply to friends of
>yours that you might argue with yet respect?
A humanist says there is no supreme being(s) and no afterlife, yet is
not opposed to organized religion. They are described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_movement
Don.