He was a humanist . While not being a religion per se , it would be a box you could tick in the religion category and would not usually coincide with belief in a god or gods . Atheism is a negative statement , in that it is the default state and make no assertions about a person ' s beliefs , only the absence of beliefs . If that makes sense . Humanism , as I understand it , incorporates beliefs such as humans are fundamentally good . It ' s basically the same but more positive . Atheism can negative connotations to some unfair , but true . <| sep |> Hijacking . # TULSI GABBARD FOR SECRETARY OF STATE <| sep |> don ' t come between grandpa Simpson and his cloud <| sep |> Man that ' s one of the few things I ' ve been wanting . All I got was a bunch of the other skill effects like gore glacial cascade .