RE: Comfort in Faith at Death
July 8, 2019 at 10:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2019 at 10:49 am by The Grand Nudger.)
A lot of people who are antitheists think that they aren’t on account of imagining antitheism to be something that it isn’t.
For example, the idea that to be an antitheist you have to go around slapping the comfort out of dying people.
You don’t. Antitheism lies more in acknowledging that some comforting beliefs have attendant negative effects on individuals and groups, and in any case where those effects can be reduced or even eliminated with a reduction in those beliefs....and especially when that comfort isn’t the sole possession of those beliefs, it would be better to discourage that specific belief and reduce its authority and purchase in society.
Antitheism is a common and uncontroversial opinion for atheists and theists alike, with an unfortunately sensationalized name.
For example, the idea that to be an antitheist you have to go around slapping the comfort out of dying people.
You don’t. Antitheism lies more in acknowledging that some comforting beliefs have attendant negative effects on individuals and groups, and in any case where those effects can be reduced or even eliminated with a reduction in those beliefs....and especially when that comfort isn’t the sole possession of those beliefs, it would be better to discourage that specific belief and reduce its authority and purchase in society.
Antitheism is a common and uncontroversial opinion for atheists and theists alike, with an unfortunately sensationalized name.
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