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Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 2:02 am
If you consider yourself an atheist, I'm wondering where you would place yourself on the following spectrum of activism to pacifism.
1) Active (I'm anti-theist and anti-religion. I think religion has negative and dangerous consequences in many spheres and I feel a personal duty to oppose it.)
2) Neutral (I don't believe in god, but don't mind if others do. I also don't mind if some are actively against religion.)
3) Passive (I don't believe in god. However, I object to atheists' active opposition to religion.)
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 2:18 am
I'm not sure which one of those I'd pick really. I don't oppose active anti-theism, but I'm not (usually) aggressive enough to want to be on the front line myself. But I am an anti-theist in the sense that I know how much damage it has done and continues to do to the world, and it does make me very angry sometimes.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 2:29 am
I'm anti religion but I'm not really actively anti-religion.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 3:22 am
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2016 at 3:23 am by robvalue.)
I voted option 1. But the action I take involves speaking out against the harm it does, and promoting education and rational thought. I'd never advocate trying to oppress religion in general through force, or hassling individual theists.
I'm anti-harm and anti-privilege. It just so happens religion can cause a lot of both. While it isn't, I'm okay with it.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 4:12 am
I'm anti-religion but define "active".
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 7:59 am
I refuse to be pigeon holed. My atheist persona exists on a sliding scale. Dependent on set and setting.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 8:10 am
I'm pretty neutral... Not really fussed who goes to imaginary hell and who doesn't.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 8:24 am
I'd define active / passive atheism differently - do I simply not worry about God existing because I never had a positive reason to, or do I count the observations I've made as falsification of the god hypothesis.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 11:34 am
I'm anti-religion, not anti-theist. I don't care if someone believes in god(s) so long as they don't put it in my face. And by the same token, atheist evangelism annoys me, so I don't go out looking for believers to dsillusion.
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RE: Active/Passive Atheist?
July 11, 2016 at 11:52 am
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2016 at 11:52 am by RozKek.)
I don't know which category to put myself in.
I am both anti-theist and anti-religion but I am not against deism and the other forms of belief in a god. IIRC theism usually includes creationism and I'd say it in the majority of cases discourages logical, rational, critical and analytical thinking. It has no evidence, why should missinformation that contradicts information based on facts and evidence be spread? When I was younger and still curious and asked my brother <why does x=x?> he'd respond "because it's god's will". Fuck that. Seriously fuck that. If I was a bit less curious I'd be satisifed and wouldn't have searched for the answer myself i.e I wouldn't be stimulating my mind. And encouraging, especially a child to think logically and critically for themselves is a good thing.
And don't fucking say it's not the religions fault and it's the parents. It might not be DIRECTLY religions fault but it is religions fault indirectly. And when I say that it's because, yes my brother could answer scientifically if he knew, he could've told me to look for the answer but he didn't, it was his choice but it was still that fuckfest of a religion that influenced him, was indoctrinated into his brain and missinformation was spread to him because of that religion.
