[MD] Theism

[Ian Glendinning]

That is an interesting point Michael

I would add the Harris "non-theistic" nuance to atheistic, agnostic
and anti-theistic too,

But I've never hear any pro-theistic variants used.

It probably just means that for (pro)theists it's not a big deal.

Ian

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Michael Poloukhine <moq at poloukhine.com> wrote:
>> I've not been concentrating on this whole series of theism vs the rest
>> threads ...
>> So I don't know if people spotted this recent Harris / Pinker dialogue
>> at The Edge - Reality Club ?
>>
>> http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge274.html#rc
>> (It's a very large, slow to load page, but the article at that
>> bookmark should interest.)
>>
>> Ian
>
> MP: Thanks Ian... some very intriguing essays in there.
>
> It got me thinking, and again back to the topic of "theism" and the fuss I have
> been making of it...
>
> To All,
>
> It is interesting to me that while there are at least three words to describe
> positions that are somehow opposed or contrary to theism: "atheistic",
> "antitheistic" and "agnostic", there is only *one* word for theistic. There is no
> word "protheistic" for instance as a word to mean actively supportive or
> constructive about theism, (as contrasted to "antitheistic")
>
> Why is that? Why are there no similarly nuanced variations on "theistic"? Does
> this not imply "theism" inherently has different layers of meaning, that it can be
> understood on different levels, each with a distinct set of "values" to it?
>
>
> MP
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