Antitheism

[Edwardo Piet]

I've never been an anti-theist but I used to be a lot more vocal about my being anti-religion.

The first few years on AF I was mostly here to debate. Now I consider it a waste of turtley energy.

I also used to try and deconvert people from their religion for the first few years I was here on AF (through logic though not via force or indoctrination, I never wanted to impose, I wanted to reason)... but I've only ever been against the beliefs of theists regarding their religion and theism rather than the theists themselves as people. I've never been against theists or religious people.

Also I still now believe religion does a lot of harm in the world, and I'm against those harmful beliefs... but I am no longer against harmless beliefs that are untrue because I no longer believe that all untrue beliefs are harmful.

I also make no effort to even deconvert beliefs I think are harmful and dangerous anymore, not even by logic and reason. I consider it futile and I have a life to live. I also think it's ineffective to actually try and deconvert, I think people make up their own minds. A theist won't become an atheist before they are ready.