(October 29, 2013 at 1:01 pm)ManMachine Wrote: 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.I get your point but it depends on your definition of the word 'opposition'. Using 'opposition' to mean 'holding a contrary position/antithesis', the statement 'god/s do not exist' is in direct opposition to the statement 'god/s exist' therefore is 'anti-theism'. Once you take 'opposition' to mean 'resistance or dissent expressed in action or argument', then your point comes in to play. Strictly speaking, saying there are no god/s is anti-theism; saying that you have no belief in god/s is atheism.
Sum ergo sum