I believe the word is secular. Just because something doesn't involve god doesn't make it inherently ''atheistic'' if you believe that you might also have to conclude the McDonald's is atheistic too. The bible can be used contray to the ''divine rights of kings''. That is what Thomas Paine did.
''Government by kings was first introduced into the world by the Heathens, from whom the children of Israel copied the custom. It was the most prosperous invention the Devil ever set on foot for the promotion of idolatry. The Heathens paid divine honours to their deceased kings, and the Christian World hath improved on the plan by doing the same to their living ones. How impious is the title of sacred Majesty applied to a worm, who in the midst of his splendor is crumbling into dust!''
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