(February 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 9:53 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: If you're only concerned with religion to the extent that it only affects you, then you are ignorant as to the extent it actually affects you, self-absorbed and you lack empathy.

More arrogant presumption on your part. Again, you don't know me or know anything about me, yet you insist on labeling me in whatever way best fits your pre-conceived notions of atheism. Fuck you, EP. You are a boil on the ass of humanity.

Again, I only know of you what you say yourself about you. Based on what you've said so far, namely that you don't care what beliefs other people hold until it directly affects you in some way, I reach the conclusion that you don't care about these people and are only concerned with yourself.

(February 2, 2016 at 10:09 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: More arrogant presumption on your part. Again, you don't know me or know anything about me, yet you insist on labeling me in whatever way best fits your pre-conceived notions of atheism. Fuck you, EP. You are a boil on the ass of humanity.

Again, I only know of you what you say yourself about you. Based on what you've said so far, namely that you don't care what beliefs other people hold until it directly affects you in some way, I reach the conclusion that you don't care about these people and are only concerned with yourself.

(emphasis is mine)

Until and unless you can quote where I said the bolded above, you're a fucking liar as well as a fucking asshole.

Reading comprehension is not your strong point, is it?

(February 2, 2016 at 9:43 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 9:41 pm)Evie Wrote: Until you start getting personal with other people whom I care about, yes.

If I do, point it out rather than doing the same mistake.

I'll try. But I'm only human.

The idea that one can be an anti-theist, or actively opposing theism, simply by lacking an active belief in god, is silly at best.

Snake, why do you care so much what I think of you if you clearly disagree so much with my opinion?

(February 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm)Heat Wrote: The idea that one can be an anti-theist, or actively opposing theism, simply by lacking an active belief in god, is silly at best.

I think that if you disagree with religion on any issue at all or if you find it to be simply wrong, you are by necessity opposing it. The degree to which you might in fact be opposing it is irrelevant to whether or not you are against it.

(February 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Snake, why do you care so much what I think of you if you clearly disagree so much with my opinion?

Because you're trying to paint me as something I'm not in a public forum. It's being an asshole at best, straight up slanderous at worst.

(February 2, 2016 at 10:21 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm)Heat Wrote: The idea that one can be an anti-theist, or actively opposing theism, simply by lacking an active belief in god, is silly at best.

I think that if you disagree with religion on any issue at all or if you find it to be simply wrong, you are by necessity opposing it. The degree to which you might in fact be opposing it is irrelevant to whether or not you are against it.

Disagreement on the validity of religious claims is by no means an active opposition to the religion, or the belief in a deity. Being against a claim to truth is not the same as being against the claim itself.

(February 2, 2016 at 10:21 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm)Heat Wrote: The idea that one can be an anti-theist, or actively opposing theism, simply by lacking an active belief in god, is silly at best.

I think that if you disagree with religion on any issue at all or if you find it to be simply wrong, you are by necessity opposing it. The degree to which you might in fact be opposing it is irrelevant to whether or not you are against it.

oppose
[uh-pohz]

verb (used with object), opposed, opposing.
1.
to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
2.
to stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct.
3.
to set as an opponent or adversary.
4.
to be hostile or adverse to, as in opinion:
to oppose a resolution in a debate.
5.
to set as an obstacle or hindrance.
6.
to set against in some relation, especially as to demonstrate a comparison or contrast:
to oppose advantages to disadvantages.
7.
to use or take as being opposite or contrary.
8.
to set (something) over against something else in place, or to set (two things) so as to face or be opposite to one another.
verb (used without object), opposed, opposing.
9.
to be or act in opposition.

Do you even English?!?

(February 2, 2016 at 10:24 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:

(February 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Snake, why do you care so much what I think of you if you clearly disagree so much with my opinion?

Because you're trying to paint me as something I'm not in a public forum. It's being an asshole at best, straight up slanderous at worst.

I view you as an antitheist. We clearly disagree about what the word even means, but I'm just pointing out that I still consider you one(and rightly so). How exactly am I slandering you? I am recognizing the fact that you reject that label, but I still think you fit it. It's got absolutely nothing to do with you on a personal level, it's merely about what the word means, what you said in this thread and the fact that these two things fit perfectly together.