Moral Law and Christian Humanism - Page 4

On December 15 2013 09:34 Roe wrote:
the whole 'levels of atheism' thing makes it seem like some dungeons and dragons players made it up :p

On December 15 2013 09:35 sam!zdat wrote:


exactly :D

edit: guys!! I've achieved level 10 atheism!! I DEFINITELY don't believe in God!!

On December 15 2013 07:59 Incubus1993 wrote:


Sorry it I made a small mistake. That's fine though ignorance is bliss I guess. It's impossible to teach someone when they're unwilling to learn. I should know better than to waste my time with people on the internet like this. I'll save my energy for the people in real life I meet.

On December 13 2013 05:00 koreasilver wrote:

Anti-theism is more of an active position that argues that belief in a deity leads to moral pitfalls and that theism is inherently toxic. At least this is how Hitchens used to define his position. Hitchens certainly was not some lukewarm agnostic. Dawkins on the other hand really is not as much of an anti-theist as he might hope to be, given his consistent remarks that he is a "cultural Anglican". On this point he's a bit like Russel.

So with regards to a post above that claims Hitchens was an "agnostic" is really pulling the wools over just how directly and assertively anti-theistic Hitchens was. His opposition to religion didn't centre around evidential grounds and this is why he was really different from the rest of the so-called New Atheists. His was primarily of moral concern, and this is why his critique of religion had so much more force than the limp liberal musings of the other New Atheists.