Comments for Dispirited http://dispirited.org How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy Sun, 19 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. by lartonmedia http://dispirited.org/2013/04/22/militant-atheists-and-associated-nonsense/#comment-1513 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=439#comment-1513 I think it also tends to get used to self-describe by atheists with a sense of irony …

]]> Comment on About the book by DavidWebster http://dispirited.org/about-the-book/#comment-1438 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:44:04 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?page_id=67#comment-1438 Sure.. I’ll send it tomorrow..

]]> Comment on About the book by victor50 (@victoronrust) http://dispirited.org/about-the-book/#comment-1437 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:39:42 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?page_id=67#comment-1437 Hi David, I would like to send you a lengthy critique (which I still have to write) but cannot find a mail address. Would you please mail me one to the nonpublic mailadres you will be able to see.?

]]> Comment on Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. by DavidWebster http://dispirited.org/2013/04/22/militant-atheists-and-associated-nonsense/#comment-1430 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:19:37 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=439#comment-1430 I also note the same misleading misuse of terms when the Right talk of ‘Militant Homosexuals’ – as at http://www.conservapedia.com/Militant_gays

]]> Comment on Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. by ambrouk http://dispirited.org/2013/04/22/militant-atheists-and-associated-nonsense/#comment-1429 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:24:41 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=439#comment-1429 I like the term antitheist, not heard that before. It usefully distinguishes athiesm:”absence of belief in god” from the rarer position of antitheism: “negative view of theism”. I am an antitheist on that definition: i don’t just “not believe in god”, i think belief in god is a counterproductive belief. I have a strong position but that doesnt make it an aggressive position.

]]> Comment on Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. by DavidWebster http://dispirited.org/2013/04/22/militant-atheists-and-associated-nonsense/#comment-1428 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:45:25 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=439#comment-1428 Interesting..

I think it can be used in that sense, and is sometimes used by atheists who want to add some ‘edge’, or emphasise how strongly they feel. My concern is the way it often gets used by Theists..

]]> Comment on Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. by Logan Rees http://dispirited.org/2013/04/22/militant-atheists-and-associated-nonsense/#comment-1427 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:59:28 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=439#comment-1427 I think the term is meant to be an exaggeration, and a play on ‘militant christians/muslims/whatever.’ I also think it’s one of those terms that got used a couple times and then caught on by people not really thinking about its usage. I would like to see the term ‘antitheist’ used more to distinguish between those who simply do not subscribe to theism, and those who are bent on disproving or dismantling it.

]]> Comment on Atheism Plus. Or Not. Or Something Else.. by Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. | Dispirited http://dispirited.org/2012/08/30/atheism-plus-or-not-or-something-else/#comment-1426 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:50:18 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=352#comment-1426 [...] length, so much so that some aren’t even sure about the term atheist, and others think it needs a ‘+’. [...]

]]> Comment on Heathen atheists? Part 1… by Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. | Dispirited http://dispirited.org/2012/04/20/heathen-atheists-part-1/#comment-1425 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:50:15 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=190#comment-1425 [...] so much so that some aren’t even sure about the term atheist, and others think it needs a [...]

]]> Comment on About the book by Militant Atheists and associated nonsense.. | Dispirited http://dispirited.org/about-the-book/#comment-1424 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:50:12 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?page_id=67#comment-1424 [...] About the book [...]

]]> Comment on Tapestry Interview, SOAS and more.. by DavidWebster http://dispirited.org/2013/02/09/tapestry-interview-soas-and-more/#comment-1423 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:31:46 +0000 http://dispirited.org/?p=421#comment-1423 The people I chatted to who went to the Atheist Church had previously been members of religious churches – and perhaps missed the social, the joint sense of enterprise, etc, when they lost their beliefs..

]]> Comment on Is the promotion of mutual respect and tolerance incompatible with the faith ethos of some schools? by chriswq http://dispirited.org/2013/04/19/is-the-promotion-of-mutual-respect-and-tolerance-incompatible-with-the-faith-ethos-of-some-schools/#comment-1418 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:39:01 +0000 http://dispirited.org/2013/04/19/is-the-promotion-of-mutual-respect-and-tolerance-incompatible-with-the-faith-ethos-of-some-schools/#comment-1418 Very sad, disturbing account. It will be interesting to read his finished work, and more importantly, to see if it has any impact on the rapid, worrying changes to education in the UK.

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