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To: Kip Russell

Please define the difference between an atheist and an antitheist, if you would.


117 posted on 12/08/2013 4:06:53 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: elcid1970
Please define the difference between an atheist and an antitheist, if you would.

An atheist has no belief in a deities or deities. An antitheist is hostile to the idea of anyone believing in a deity or deities.

While an antitheist is of necessity an agnostic or atheist (unless they're very confused), the reverse is not the case.

126 posted on 12/08/2013 4:29:39 PM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: elcid1970
Please define the difference between an atheist and an antitheist, if you would.

I don't 'believe' I can...

192 posted on 12/09/2013 10:17:01 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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