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Anti-theism and anti-religion
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RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion
(July 22, 2014 at 3:23 pm)Blackout Wrote: Not much. Are you suggesting the deistic god proposition would be all that's left? As an anti-theist, are you too against the deistic god type? And by the way, don't you have to be against the god idea to be an anti-theist? The words 'anti' + 'theist' point that way.

I'm not against the deistic god because it DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. In my mind it's simply synonymous with an awe for the Cosmos, the mysteries the underlie our ability to comprehend a cohesive Universe. That's not much of a god, that's just human emotion and inability to apprehend all facets of reality.

I am against the theistic god because it implies or demands the things I've mentioned, which I find both morally and intellectually abhorrent.

But the bigger problem, which not only applies to all theistic gods but to all definitions, is that the word means something different to anyone you ask, and that is simply another way of saying it means nothing. It's literally indistinguishable from Marklar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzq4YDt7V-o
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 20, 2014 at 9:28 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Cato - July 20, 2014 at 11:19 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 20, 2014 at 2:17 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by vorlon13 - July 20, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by buddabobblehead - July 20, 2014 at 12:34 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by vorlon13 - July 20, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by The Grand Nudger - July 20, 2014 at 1:56 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Bad Wolf - July 20, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 20, 2014 at 2:34 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by The Grand Nudger - July 20, 2014 at 2:39 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 20, 2014 at 2:44 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by psychoslice - July 20, 2014 at 5:42 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by buddabobblehead - July 21, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by *Deidre* - July 21, 2014 at 10:36 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Jenny A - July 21, 2014 at 11:59 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Mudhammam - July 22, 2014 at 12:17 am
Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rampant.A.I. - July 22, 2014 at 5:26 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Esquilax - July 22, 2014 at 6:58 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by BlackMason - July 22, 2014 at 7:01 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 22, 2014 at 8:45 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Mudhammam - July 22, 2014 at 1:57 pm
Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rampant.A.I. - July 22, 2014 at 12:29 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 22, 2014 at 3:23 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Mudhammam - July 22, 2014 at 5:08 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 22, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Mudhammam - July 23, 2014 at 12:15 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 8:34 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 2:33 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 3:20 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 3:25 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 3:32 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 3:41 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 4:32 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 4:54 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by buddabobblehead - July 22, 2014 at 9:36 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rabb Allah - July 23, 2014 at 1:59 am
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by archangle - July 23, 2014 at 3:06 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Dystopia - July 23, 2014 at 3:19 pm
RE: Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Thumpalumpacus - July 23, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Anti-theism and anti-religion - by Rampant.A.I. - July 24, 2014 at 2:59 am

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