Atheist describes my position on the existence of god. Anti-theist, my attitude towards god-beliefs. Humanist, my values
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And so on. Ppl are multifaceted. We share some facets and not others. You share atheism & humanism w me but not anti-theism
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It is tribal to want to separate ppl into one primary identity & get one group to condemn another.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We are a social species who live in groups. Call it "tribal" if you want it (IMO tribal refers to a set of ethnic clan-thinking)
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
Groups are not used to condemn but to properly name and categorize people. I do not believe in this whole relativism of yours.
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
If you're anti-theistic, you are by definition also atheist so you don't require stating the latter. Same for humanist.
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Replying to @DeMondige
You don't require stating any of them ever. An atheist is what someone is in relation to belief or disbelief in gods.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
An anti-theist is what someone is in relation to opinion of belief in gods. Its relevant to use those terms at diff times.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The only rationale for arguing for describing someone as one or the other is to distinguish tribes.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
In order to show diversity. Momentarily, atheism is losing because people do not identify themselves with the anti-theism.
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.@MondigeStudent Its not losing! Nones continue to grow! You want to stop some ppl being called atheists coz u ascribe certain values to it
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