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Grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints and Roman Catholic traditions, including a stint at a Catholic school; somewhat sadly, before the point at which young women (people - not the misogynist Mormon class) wore kilts. Attended church until a teen, but held atheist sentiments from a young age, despite being in a family full of believers. This is a place for my thoughts regarding religion on both a personal level and relating to the world, of which I am a member... And Mormons say journals are a good thing :)

January 22, 2008

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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