RE: Antitheism
February 3, 2016 at 6:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2016 at 6:24 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 3, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 2, 2016 at 6:22 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atheist = "I don't believe in God."
Anti Theist = "I don't believe in God and I hate the thought of anyone else believing it."
....Is this accurate?
...Is it?
Sorry if someone already answered lol. I know no one was for a while, and now I don't want to read through all these pages to see if anyone ever did.
Not sure if anyone else answered, but here's my take.
Atheism is the disbelief in gods (not just the one out of 1000's that you happen to believe exists).
Anti-theism, as I use it, is being against organized religion. I don't hate the fact that you believe in a god. I hate the fact that along with your belief in a god, comes all the horrible baggage of the Catholic Church.
I have nothing against someone having private belief in a god or gods. My anti-theism is purely related to the real world, negative outcomes that organized religions are responsible for.
The Catholic Church's opposition to same sex marriage and condom use, for example.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
