(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
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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?!?
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