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Antitheism
Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is active opposition to theism. The term has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it typically refers to direct opposition to organized religion or to the belief in any deity, while in a theistic context, it sometimes refers to opposition to a specific god or gods.
==Opposition to theism==
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines ''antitheist'' as "One opposed to belief in the existence of a god". The earliest citation given for this meaning dates from 1833.〔The Shorter OED (1970 reprint) page 78〕 An antitheist may oppose belief in the existence of any god or gods, and not merely one in particular.
''Antitheism'' has been adopted as a label by those who regard theism as dangerous or destructive. Christopher Hitchens offers an example of this approach in ''Letters to a Young Contrarian'' (2001), in which he writes: "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."〔
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