Posts so far seem to assume "faithful," "agnostic" and "atheist" in contemporary American Christian terms.

There are Buddhists who don't concern themselves with God. And some Taoists don't.

I knew a Kootenai, Martin Andrew, who believed in both the God of the Catholics and N'pika and was terribly troubled because he couldn't reconcile them. -- N'pika could accept God, but God wouldn''t allow N'pika. Martin wasn't the only one, but maybe the most troubled I knew.

It's not so simple, setting up categories to fit thought into.

clint

N'pika/nepeeka being approximately Spirit or spirits.