Comments on: Defining Anti-theism

By: Ian Andreas Miller

Ian Andreas Miller — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:47:23 +0000

I consider myself a hard anti-theist, but that does not mean that I am against religious art. Even being a hard anti-theist does not mean that I ought to destroy such art. In fact, I think such art in some ways can be, and often should be, reworked into a secular context.

This is sort of like how I collaborated with an artist to secularize some Russian Orthodox Icons of OTMA (Tsar Nicholas II’s four daughters):

Originals:
http://i42.tinypic.com/30wtvyo.jpg

Mine:
http://diesgaudii.genvid.com/off/gina/otma.jpg

There are other ways to be an iconoclast (pun intended).

By: Brett Milner

Brett Milner — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:10:33 +0000

I think we can distill this down even further- yes, Mr. Wright, if you are an atheist, you very likely think religion is a bad idea. Thank you Captain Obvious.

By: Daneel

Daneel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:01:01 +0000

Dave,
if you think that there’s no convincing evidence of the existence of a god, then it follows that people who believe are mistaken in believing.

By: Rob Jones

Rob Jones — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:56:48 +0000

I don’t give a shit what you call me as long as you know that I no belief in gods or supernatural crap.

I’m at the point now that I’m embarrassed if someone thinks I believe in that garbage. It’s not a compliment when people think you believe in imaginary friends and horoscopes.

By: John C. Snider

John C. Snider — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:12:58 +0000

Dave,

You may have a point. I have heard it said that one can be simultaneously an atheist and an agnostic; however, “I don’t believe but I’m not sure” translates, IMHO, to “I’m not sure” which translates ultimately, to being only an agnostic and not really an atheist. :)

John

By: Dave B.

Dave B. — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:01:58 +0000

Being an atheist does not necessarily mean that you believe that theists are mistaken. Plenty of atheists (who may prefer to be called agnostics) simply aren’t convinced that there is a god. This does not necessitate being convinced that there isn’t a god. I’m surprised to see you glossing over this point here.