If you are someone who has no religion, or has no belief in any god(s), would you consider yourself to be an atheist or an anti-theist?
Why?
2007-10-11 15:56:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An Atheist is indifferent. An Anti-theist works actively against religion. Atheists just don't believe in a deity(s). Anti-theists hate anything to do with religion. Atheists for the most part are moderate. Anti-theists are for the most part fanatical. Richard Dawkins is a prime example of an anti-theist.
2007-10-11 16:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by Deslok of Gammalon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheist don't believe in God. Anti-Theists attack the beliefs of Theists. Some Atheists are Anti-Theistic and some aren't.
2007-10-11 23:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Dysthymia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look up the definitions of those prefixes, will you?
An atheist has a belief in no gods.
An anti theist is someone who is against religions and gods.
Similarly anarchy and anti government. They are different.
2007-10-11 23:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well I would imagine you would only be an anti-theist if you could say you do not like people who consider themselves theists. But many people have friends who are from both sides of the argument and do just fine.
2007-10-11 23:04:30 · answer #4 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
atheists just don't believe in a religion. Anti-theists are those who think that all religion is the root of all evil
i am only an atheist and i believe that without religion the masses wouldn't have a sense of morality
2007-10-11 23:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Atheists don't believe in your god. (me)
An anti-theist I assume would be someone who hates you personally.
2007-10-11 23:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist.
Only a theist can be anti-theist
atheists know that gods don't exist.
an anti-theist wishes gods didn't exist.
2007-10-11 22:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Atheist; disbelief in god
Anti-theist: some1 who tries to break religion or theism like Hitchens!
2007-10-11 22:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I see no way to be anti what one does not believe in. I am, however, anti certain dogmas.
2007-10-11 23:00:16 · answer #9 · answered by neil s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One simply does not believe in gods, one has taken a position against a group of people who believe differently.
2007-10-11 22:59:55 · answer #10 · answered by Skeff 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋