(October 29, 2013 at 1:01 pm)ManMachine Wrote:If you define it like that though even a deist could be a anti theist, which is a kinda interesting thought.(October 29, 2013 at 8:15 am)Ben Davis Wrote: No, the claim that a deity/ies does/do not exist is 'antitheism': the opposition of theism (the claim that a deity/ies exist).
'Atheism' is most strictly and accurately 'the absence of theism'.
I accept your point on the broader definition of atheism but I disagree with your interpretation of antitheism. Ant-theism, for me is distinguished by an opposition to deities or organised religion, etc. The position that they do not exist does not necessarily imply opposition.
MM
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
