Atheists & Agnostics

Warren Stupidity

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12. You lost me with NDE, but then you fell down a pit with atheist v antitheist.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:07 PM

Mar 2015

atheist lack belief in any gods, they are "without gods".

antitheists are opposed to religion or to belief in gods, or as noted below, to belief in a specific god.

Wiki:
Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is active opposition to theism. The term has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it typically refers to direct opposition to organized religion or to the belief in any deity, while in a theistic context, it sometimes refers to opposition to a specific god or gods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitheism

Note that it is possible to believe in god and be opposed to organized religion, or to believe in this god but be opposed to belief in that god. Antitheists need not be atheists.

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Drawing a distinction between science and philosophy [View all] Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 OP

Until the last statement, Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #1

I know some atheists who are not antitheist. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #2

A lot of atheists are not antitheists. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

But we do have evidence edhopper Mar 2015 #4

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #14

My evidence that the Bible is not divinely inspired... Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #9

Not to mention.... AlbertCat Mar 2015 #10

Difference between Atheist and Antitheist LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #5

Some of my best friends are theists Cartoonist Mar 2015 #6

When you said: LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #7

Yes! That's one distinction I forgot to mention. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #8

I suppose there might be some kind of "cosmic consciousness" that could be called "god" in one sense AlbertCat Mar 2015 #11

That's why I call it philosophical speculation Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #15

I do not believe in those things. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #17

You lost me with NDE, but then you fell down a pit with atheist v antitheist. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #12

Let me clarify, then. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #16

I have a different take on it Lordquinton Mar 2015 #13

Science: Men, Methods, Goals SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #18

Science != Philosophical speculation. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #19

You saying so does not make it so SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #20

Whatever. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #21

ok SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #22