TheLastMohican
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There was a time when declaring yourself an atheist raised eyebrows (and often fists). No more. Plain old atheism is for wimps; if you want to shake things up these days, you need a good dose of antitheism.
That's not to say that all antitheists are nihilistic windbags who apply the label to themselves solely for attention. Those who could be thus described give the group a bad name, and perhaps the effect is greater upon antitheists than in other groups such as Tibetan monks. Actually, I put forth the idea that most antitheists are cheery idealists at heart, since most of them believe that God would be evil while also being relieved by their belief that He does not exist. The ultimate pessimist would be an antitheistic theist: that is, he would believe that God is evil, and be distraught by his simultaneous belief that this evil God does exist. If you subscribe to antitheism (which theists can do, since it is a subjective opinion about God's character rather than a belief based on evidence or lack thereof), then you would be happiest if you were also an atheist. Hitchens must be wiping his brow. That was a close one.
Thoughts?
That's not to say that all antitheists are nihilistic windbags who apply the label to themselves solely for attention. Those who could be thus described give the group a bad name, and perhaps the effect is greater upon antitheists than in other groups such as Tibetan monks. Actually, I put forth the idea that most antitheists are cheery idealists at heart, since most of them believe that God would be evil while also being relieved by their belief that He does not exist. The ultimate pessimist would be an antitheistic theist: that is, he would believe that God is evil, and be distraught by his simultaneous belief that this evil God does exist. If you subscribe to antitheism (which theists can do, since it is a subjective opinion about God's character rather than a belief based on evidence or lack thereof), then you would be happiest if you were also an atheist. Hitchens must be wiping his brow. That was a close one.
Thoughts?