Theological Terms
After seeing this, for a fleeting, half-in-humour moment I thought 'Should I change the title of this blog from Atheist to Anti-Theist?'
I think it's important to do a better job of defining what we really mean by the titles we give people. I propose that the terms Gnostic and Agnostic be separated from theology and that we instead use the following four terms: Anti-theist, Atheist, Theist, Pro-theist (jandrewclark)
Interesting proposition, however for many, the term 'Atheist' brings up enough negativity amongst the general (pro/theist) population... A term like 'anti-theist' would have worse backlash. Also, the term 'pro-theist' sounds like it's good/positive/'for' something, as opposed to the atheist alternative.
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