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When someone is cured of cancer, we don't say that they "lost a tumor." (Or "tumour," for you, James.)

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I think that is why I prefer to call myself an atheist, while many of my friends prefer to say they are humanists. Answering "none of the above" seems to be a conversation stopper, rather than an invitation to learn more about someone.

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One of your best essays. What better term for "nones"?

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