RE: Anti-Theism
December 5, 2017 at 9:15 am
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2017 at 9:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 5, 2017 at 8:44 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Are you under some impression that I don't believe that you're an anti-theist?
LOL, no, I was responding to this, though -
Quote: I would think an antitheist would have to at least argue against theism, not just passively hold the opinion that 'of course it would be NICE if everyone was an atheist'.Neither is a requirement for anti-theism. An anti-theist can passively maintain their own internal opposition and arguments. I don't spend my days handing out tracts or evangelizing - but this doesn't alter the accuracy of the term with regards to my position, as opposed to..say, an atheist who doesn't believe but also thinks that at least -some- brands of theism are meaningfully unobjectionable. It's unlikely that anyone I interact with IRL knows I'm an anti-theist, even though most realize I'm an atheist after spending any amount of time around me.
So, you know how we sometimes hear "you're an atheist with regards to all the other gods" from atheists, in response to theists claims. I make a similar observation. Theists are anti-theists with regards to all other god claims. Atheists, OTOH, may not be anti-theists about -any- god claims....but they usually are with regards to at least one. To them, I'd say that I feel about all the other theistic claims the way they do about the target of their own ire.
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