Reply #79: Excellent suggestion! Why not Philosophical Humanism?

[ultraist]

excerpts:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm

Philosophical Humanism is a philosophy centered upon the needs and interests of people.

The most widely used meaning of the word religion is probably the belief that a God or Gods exist who created the world, who is/are to be worshipped, and who is/are responsible for creating ethical and behavioral codes. In that context, Humanism is definitely not a religion, and would not be perceived as one by many of its followers. Humanists do not generally believe in a supreme deity or deities, demons, ghosts, angels, in a supernatural world, in heaven and hell, or in a divinely ordained ethical code for humans to follow. Most would regard God as a creation of mankind rather than the reverse.