Well I shouldn't have used the term "conservative" since it is too politicized, but I'm thinking of sentiment like Voltaires statement that "if God didn't exist

Well I shouldn't have used the term "conservative" since it is too politicized, but I'm thinking of sentiment like Voltaires statement that "if God didn't exist it would be necessary to invent him". This in opposition to the more radical atheism which believed that religious belief in itself was bad. Obviously Voltaire was very critical towards the church, but believed religion itself was valuable.