nontheist
Rejects divine beings
A nontheist is someone who does not believe in a god or gods.
The term functions as a broader umbrella than atheist, encompassing agnostics, secular humanists, and others who simply lack theistic belief without necessarily asserting that no god exists: The conference welcomed nontheists of all varieties.
Rejection of truth claims
- unbeliefLack of faith
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- nonbelieverOne lacking religious faith
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
infidel · apostate · heretic · disbeliever · heathen · antireligion · blasphemy · iconoclast
One who doubts claims
- doubtLack of firm belief
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
- inquiryRequest for information
- debunkingProving claims false
evidence · scrutiny · questioning · investigation · Hume · rationality · free inquiry · intellectual honesty
State of being unsure
- doubtLack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
- withholdingKeeping from another
open-mindedness · undecided · skeptic · neutrality · ambivalence · tentativeness · indeterminacy · unknowable
Ethics-focused secular philosopher
- secular humanismNonreligious ethical philosophy
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- dignityInnate personal worth
- compassionConcern for others' distress
reason · empathy · freethought · altruism · equality · moral philosophy · philanthropy · human flourishing
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- physicalismAll is matter
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- scientismOvervaluing empirical methods alone
reductionism · monism · determinism · causality · cosmos · universe · evolution · Darwinism
Nonreligious, worldly
- separationState of being apart
- church-stateReligion-government relationship
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- civicPertaining to community affairs
constitutional · neutrality · public sphere · government · democracy · religious freedom · establishment clause · Jefferson
disbelief
Rejection of truth claims
- unbeliefLack of faith
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- nonbelieverOne lacking religious faith
freethinker · infidel · apostate · heretic · disbeliever · heathen · antireligion · blasphemy · iconoclast · secularist
skeptic
One who doubts claims
- doubtLack of firm belief
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
- inquiryRequest for information
debunking · evidence · scrutiny · questioning · investigation · Hume · rationality · free inquiry · intellectual honesty · epistemology
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- doubtLack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
withholding · open-mindedness · undecided · skeptic · neutrality · ambivalence · tentativeness · indeterminacy · unknowable
humanist
Ethics-focused secular philosopher
- secular humanismNonreligious ethical philosophy
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- dignityInnate personal worth
compassion · reason · empathy · freethought · altruism · equality · moral philosophy · philanthropy · human flourishing · inclusivity
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- physicalismAll is matter
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
scientism · reductionism · monism · determinism · causality · cosmos · universe · evolution · Darwinism · mechanistic
secular
Nonreligious, worldly
- separationState of being apart
- church-stateReligion-government relationship
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
civic · constitutional · neutrality · public sphere · government · democracy · religious freedom · establishment clause · Jefferson · disestablishment
nontheisttheist
Accepts a deity exists
believer · monotheist · polytheist · deist · devout