I strongly admire NDT and I think he is a brilliant man. I definitely see his point of view on not wanting to label himself and the perception people have towards the word atheist. However, he actually does go on in this video do defend his label as an agnostic. So, in the long run, he is actually classifying himself within a certain group. Either way it is all semantics, and theists are always going to have a certain perception/label for every being that opposes their beliefs.
So what if there is a certain negative perception toward the word 'atheist'? Why not chose that label and destroy the stereotypes?
So what if there is a certain negative perception toward the word 'atheist'? Why not chose that label and destroy the stereotypes?
Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way - Christopher Hitchens