Rhythm explained it very well, but I'll go a little further on this:
1 - Anti-theism and atheism are two different positions. Atheism is typically the lack of belief in gods or the belief no gods exist, while anti-theism is the opposition to
1.1 - People believing in god (not really my case, but I don't support belief in god either)
1.2 - The god concept/idea (this is my case)
1.3 - An opposition to god if he happened to exist (this would also be my case if god was proven to be true, at least if it was the abrahamic god type)
Personally I am both an atheist and an anti-theist, but I could be a deist or a theist and still be an anti-theist, the two propositions are not mutually exclusive. Anti-theism is NOT enough to justify my atheism, the reasons I'm an atheist are different from the reasons that brought me to be an anti-theist.
As for your burden of proof, anti-theism is not a claim, but merely an opposition, I don't need evidence for it. And even if I considered that anti-theism needed evidence, seeing the stupidity behind the god concept and the harm religion does is enough to justify it. For dummy theists, what I mean is - Lack of critical thinking, rationality/reason, discrimination of certain categories of people (EG Homosexuals, women, people who practice different religions, atheists, apostates, etc.), wishful thinking, severe indoctrination, fear of death, lack of scientific knowledge and culture, do I need to continue?
I hope that satisfied your curiosity.
1 - Anti-theism and atheism are two different positions. Atheism is typically the lack of belief in gods or the belief no gods exist, while anti-theism is the opposition to
1.1 - People believing in god (not really my case, but I don't support belief in god either)
1.2 - The god concept/idea (this is my case)
1.3 - An opposition to god if he happened to exist (this would also be my case if god was proven to be true, at least if it was the abrahamic god type)
Personally I am both an atheist and an anti-theist, but I could be a deist or a theist and still be an anti-theist, the two propositions are not mutually exclusive. Anti-theism is NOT enough to justify my atheism, the reasons I'm an atheist are different from the reasons that brought me to be an anti-theist.
As for your burden of proof, anti-theism is not a claim, but merely an opposition, I don't need evidence for it. And even if I considered that anti-theism needed evidence, seeing the stupidity behind the god concept and the harm religion does is enough to justify it. For dummy theists, what I mean is - Lack of critical thinking, rationality/reason, discrimination of certain categories of people (EG Homosexuals, women, people who practice different religions, atheists, apostates, etc.), wishful thinking, severe indoctrination, fear of death, lack of scientific knowledge and culture, do I need to continue?
I hope that satisfied your curiosity.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
