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In Reply to: RE: Hinduism may be 6000 years old posted by Curious on April 5, 2013 at 18:37:25:
You state that if a person's lack of belief in gods is based on faith, he is not an atheist.
He is. you claim, an anti-theist.
This is incorrect, in terms of the English language. There are, again, definitions of these terms. Antitheism has nothing to do with faith or looking for proof.
Atheism is lack of belief in god or gods. Antitheism is opposition to belief in god or gods. The difference is clear and not anything like what you state.
But I'm not the language police. Write whatever you want. Just trying to clear up the point. This is not theology. The correct reference is the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Follow Ups
- incorrect - tunenut 04/5/1320:38:14 04/5/13 (2)
- Some athiests are anti theists.. They are mostly angry for the religious crap being shoved down their throats - Elizabeth 21:40:24 04/5/13 (1)
- And you know this because you all have a weekly meeting and throat shoving is always addressed? - Curious 09:23:12 04/6/13 (0)