During the 1960s and 1970s the term was embraced by some humanists who considered themselves anti-religious, as well as those who, although not critical of religion in its various guises, preferred a non-religious approach.
Počas 60-tich a 70-tich rokov 20. storočia bol tento termín prijatý časťou humanistov, ktorí sa považovali za potináboženských, rovnako ako tými, ktorí - hoci neboli kritickí voči náboženstvu - dávali prednosť nenáboženskému prístupu.