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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes it is a religion. Many atheists seem to be on a crusade to disprove the existence of God and show the moral and social ills caused by religion. This is opposed to someone who simply doesn't care and says let people believe whatever they want.[/quote]

atheists simply don’t believe in God.

Antitheism, also spelled anti-theism, is the philosophical position that theism should be opposed.  It refers to direct opposition to the belief in any deity.

Antitheism has been adopted as a label by those who regard theism as dangerous, destructive, or encouraging of harmful behavior. Christopher Hitchens (2001) wrote:

"I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful."

Other definitions of antitheism include that of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1953), for whom it is "an active struggle against everything that reminds us of God".

Atheism and anti-theism so often occur together at the same time and in the same person that it's understandable if many people fail to realize that they aren't the same. Making note of the difference is important, however, because not every atheist is anti-theistic and even those who are, aren't anti-theistic all the time. Atheism is simply the absence of belief in gods; anti-theism is a conscious and deliberate opposition to theism. Many atheists are also anti-theists, but not all and not always.

If a person cares enough to deny that gods exist, then perhaps they care enough to attack belief in gods as well — but not always. Lots of people will deny that elves or fairies exist, but how many of these same people also attack belief in such creatures?

Anti-theists seem to be extremely angry.  They are usually a hypocrite who is religiously bigoted but criticizes others for being religiously bigoted.

I don’t believe the majority of angry atheist posters here are atheists at all. I think they are anti-theists. They do not believe in freedom of religion as our Constitution guarantees us as American citizens, so they also have other issues that mark them as incompatible with our way of life in America.[/quote]

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