Catholic_Lady Wrote:what does it mean to actively oppose though? maybe just "dislike" rather than "hate?"
Active opposition to something means getting off your ass and doing something about it. I'm a somewhat active secularist, but when it comes to getting the motto on our money changed back to E Pluribus Unum (or the motto on the first official US coin, which I like even better, 'Mind Your Business'), I'm just a web warrior. I don't send money, I don't show up to protests, I just joined the original motto project on FB and argue about it in comment sections. So I wouldn't say I actively oppose the current currency motto.
What I'm saying is that I think it means how much effort you put into opposing the thing you oppose. I merely oppose having In God we Trust as the currency motto. I wouldn't say I actively oppose it.
So an atheist doesn't believe in God, and may think you shouldn't believe in God either. Someone who thinks you shouldn't believe in God and goes out of their way to hasten the day when you don't is an antitheist. Hitchens wrote books and spoke out publicly, he is the quintessential example of an antitheist. Not that you have to be famous, or that your internet activities can't rise to the level of antitheism, but a purposeful investment of time and effort would seem to be necessary before you can claim to actively oppose something.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
