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"It's probably more accurate to refer to this more aggressive public movement as antitheism" I disagree that this "movement" is aggressive. It is only perceive
by yannickt 14y ago
"It's probably more accurate to refer to this more aggressive public movement as antitheism"
I disagree that this "movement" is aggressive. It is only perceived as aggressive because people are not used to having their religion publicly questioned, and held to the same standards of rational scrutiny as other products of human thought. I also disagree that it is "probably" anti-theist. The "new atheists" sometimes ridicule theists, but concede that merely believing in a personal god is fairly harmless in itself. I think they are definitely anti-dogma.
- mgkimsal 14y agoHitchens seemed pretty anti-theist, and I don't recall him ever saying that belief in a personal god was "fairly harmless". I was using 'aggressive' from the perspective of those using the term 'new atheist' - should've been more clear on that. I don't think 'new atheism' is 'aggressive', except to the extent that it's being vocal vs 'in the closet' year ago.