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.