RE: Comfort in Faith at Death
July 8, 2019 at 1:44 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2019 at 1:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
And as an addendum, “militant theism” isn’t at all the thing that best makes antitheisms case. Even theists oppose the canard if miltancy. We wouldn’t even be having this discussion if all theism was as “militant”. It takes the good ones to make antitheisms case. Subtle coercion that leveraged our feeling for loved ones and valued ideas is far more effective at producing the intenddd aim of “militant” theism. That’s why subtle coercion became the most of theism in the first place. Militancy is an obstacle to spread.
That’s why “the big three” have taken the form they have- but I don’t need them. Greek pagans accused Christians of being militant and abtitheustic atheists.....and they weren’t - exactly- wrong, at the dawn of the big three.
Or, I could do one liners and dick jokes and not employ the massive amount of information I’ve absorbed on the subject.
I’m probably better at that, but still. Ultimately, I understand your position, I’m just telling you that it’s not an argument or objection to antitheism. You aren’t wrong about comforting beliefs.....you’re just wrong about what antitheism is.
That’s why “the big three” have taken the form they have- but I don’t need them. Greek pagans accused Christians of being militant and abtitheustic atheists.....and they weren’t - exactly- wrong, at the dawn of the big three.
Or, I could do one liners and dick jokes and not employ the massive amount of information I’ve absorbed on the subject.
I’m probably better at that, but still. Ultimately, I understand your position, I’m just telling you that it’s not an argument or objection to antitheism. You aren’t wrong about comforting beliefs.....you’re just wrong about what antitheism is.
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