RE: I can feel your anger
July 6, 2012 at 10:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2012 at 10:11 am by Epimethean.)
There does seem to be a rather "precious" distinction that theists like to skirt regarding the difference between disbelief and unbelief. Unbelief connotes for most atheists the absence of belief. Disbelief seems a bit more active, as it suggests the act of believing not. I would say that most theists are disbelievers of other religions rather than unbelievers, whereas atheists can quite possibly be unbelievers. The need to ascribe religious connotation to unbelief is tenuous at best, and disingenuous very often.
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