RE: Atheism, Scientific Atheism and Antitheism
January 17, 2015 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2015 at 5:18 pm by Dystopia.)
I define atheism as the lack of belief in gods or the belief that gods don't exist - The first being an agnostic atheist and the second a gnostic atheist.
I also like to distinguish between the implicit atheist (someone who doesn't believe in god because he/she has never been introduced to the concept or never thought about it) - The first men to ever exist were probably implicit atheists I guess; and explicit atheist (someone who actively rationalizes non belief in gods - Almost every atheist nowadays is an explicit atheist
Regarding anti-theism - It is the opposition to either (1) The god idea (2) Belief in god (3) God himself [or participating in more than one of those positions simultaneously]
Anti-theism and atheism are not mutually exclusive and shouldn't be confused. I could be a theist and an anti-theist if I opposed god because I thought he was evil.
Being an atheist is often the cause to being an anti-theist, but you don't need to be an anti-theist to be an atheist - In fact you could ever argue that religion is healthy and should be promoted by the state.
In my case, I'm an anti-theist and I follow all the 3 possible forms but my position is not meant to coerce people to stop believing, I see theists as being as human as me and they have the exact same rights. Just don't expect me to not express my opinion about irrationality
I also like to distinguish between the implicit atheist (someone who doesn't believe in god because he/she has never been introduced to the concept or never thought about it) - The first men to ever exist were probably implicit atheists I guess; and explicit atheist (someone who actively rationalizes non belief in gods - Almost every atheist nowadays is an explicit atheist
Regarding anti-theism - It is the opposition to either (1) The god idea (2) Belief in god (3) God himself [or participating in more than one of those positions simultaneously]
Anti-theism and atheism are not mutually exclusive and shouldn't be confused. I could be a theist and an anti-theist if I opposed god because I thought he was evil.
Being an atheist is often the cause to being an anti-theist, but you don't need to be an anti-theist to be an atheist - In fact you could ever argue that religion is healthy and should be promoted by the state.
In my case, I'm an anti-theist and I follow all the 3 possible forms but my position is not meant to coerce people to stop believing, I see theists as being as human as me and they have the exact same rights. Just don't expect me to not express my opinion about irrationality
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
