Antitheism

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Bravo.

I might WISH it would all vanish from the planet, and I might despise everything religion is and stands for,

but I would not want to be LIKE many religious people,
insofar as wanting to destroy or oppress those who do not agree with me,
or force those who disagree with me into living as if they agree with me.

I am hostile to religion; unapologetically so;

...but I wait until a theist tries to use their religion as justification for limiting or removing the rights of others,
or otherwise tries to ram their religion down my throat,
before I even begin to argue with them.  

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Evie doesn't identify as an antitheist, though. You do. In which way do you think you differ from him on this matter so that this description doesn't apply to the both of you?

I have not read all the posts yet, so I may have to qualify this reply, later;

but to reply to your question, off the top of my head,
if there is a difference between my choosing to refer to myself as Anti-Theism,

and Evie declining to term himself as such,

despite that it is the ramming of views down our throats that he and I both really take issue with,

then I think that that difference lays in the fact that Evie may not virulently object to religion,
(he may merely passively disagree with it or think it a bad thing)

....UNTIL it is rammed down his throat;

whereas I struggle to contain my anger at all religion,
and will not shrink from airing my disgust at the existence of religion,
if provided with an appropriate opportunity.

Consider racism:

Two people might both think racism a bad thing,
and both would certainly object to racist practices or views being shoved down their throats,

but only one might actively oppose racism,
whereas the other may simply passively think it a bad thing, without doing anything about it
....until it is specifically rammed down their throat.


I do not wish to speak for Evie,
but since you asked,
that is where i suspect the subtle difference may lay between him and I:

Both Evie and I might share a common disapproval of religion,
but I will actively oppose it where I can,
whereas Evie will only raise a fuss if it is shoved down his throat.

I will certainly object to it being shoved down my throat, too,
but if I can find any avenue by which to appropriately and legally oppose religion,
politically, verbally, financially, socially, etc,

I will make the effort.