From wikipedia: antitheism: “doctrine antagonistic to theism; denial of the existence of a God; opposition to God.”
so yeah, you’re wrong.
Heathen (#)
18 years ago
This would be great if they had managed to spell “atheist” or “antitheist” correctly. Same goes for this “athiest” fellow there, who quotes wikipedia as if it’s the one source of infallible knowledge.
The fact is, atheism is a lack of belief in a god, not a belief that there is no god. Wikipedia copied down the dictionary definition if they said otherwise, which was written by theists.
I don’t know why it’s under “Humor” because it’s not funny, unless it’s funny to watch someone fail to correctly spell words that are right in front of them. It’s not even accurate.
And I don’t know why atheists are such whiners about this point. I’ve never met a single atheist (and I’ve met plenty) who has said, “Well I’m on the fence about God, really.” Just let go of it. Atheists believe God doesn’t exist, agnostics are the ones who are either on the fence or “think it’s unknowable.” I’m familiar with the dictionary definition, but come on… who really, honestly identifies as an atheist if they have “no belief about God” rather than a firm belief in no God? Nobody, that’s who.
This is not an accurate graphic. Athiests believe there is no god. Antithiests are Militant Athiests. Feel free to check Wikipedia.
From wikipedia: antitheism: “doctrine antagonistic to theism; denial of the existence of a God; opposition to God.”
so yeah, you’re wrong.
This would be great if they had managed to spell “atheist” or “antitheist” correctly. Same goes for this “athiest” fellow there, who quotes wikipedia as if it’s the one source of infallible knowledge.
The fact is, atheism is a lack of belief in a god, not a belief that there is no god. Wikipedia copied down the dictionary definition if they said otherwise, which was written by theists.
So is the image made of crap?
I don’t know why it’s under “Humor” because it’s not funny, unless it’s funny to watch someone fail to correctly spell words that are right in front of them. It’s not even accurate.
And I don’t know why atheists are such whiners about this point. I’ve never met a single atheist (and I’ve met plenty) who has said, “Well I’m on the fence about God, really.” Just let go of it. Atheists believe God doesn’t exist, agnostics are the ones who are either on the fence or “think it’s unknowable.” I’m familiar with the dictionary definition, but come on… who really, honestly identifies as an atheist if they have “no belief about God” rather than a firm belief in no God? Nobody, that’s who.