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 <[email protected]> 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 > ---- > "Don't believe everything you think." > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
