Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
Any apatheists here?
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A different theological perspective
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I know of at least one (not me).
DNB
Christian
How is apatheism a theology? It's an attitude towards theology - the title should be 'a different perspective on theology'.
Apatheism is ignorance - the entire world that we live in has every society based on religion - there has never been a culture without it.
How can one remain indifferent or apathetic to the obligation to investigate such matters.
I'm a theist because I believe that God was staring me right in the face every time that I opened my eyes, or had a conversation with another human, or read the newspaper.
Apatheism is simply an attitude of one who is indifferent to Theism and religious belief. Not much of anything concerning a religious belief.
apatheism - Google Search
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Apatheism (/ˌæpəˈθiːɪzəm/; a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy toward the existence or non-existence of God(s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system. The term was coined by Robert Nash, theology professor at Mercer University, in 2001
I dislike the term more than the possible intent if only because a worldview grounded in apathy seems more that a little distasteful.
But apathy can mean more than "I don't care" -- it can mean "I don't care to waste time pondering questions which I believe to be inherently unsolvable," i.e., it can reflect a militant agnosticism that chooses not to "waste time" on the unknowable.
At the same time, even assuming that the existence and nature of God is unknowable, there may well be social value in fashioning a sense of godliness.
DNB
Christian
Outside of your latter remark, it all points to the same thing: man is a spiritual creature, created in the image of God.
...and if you haven't got the conviction or wisdom to know whether your religion is the absolute truth or not, then maybe you should consider atheism - God is not pleased with the timid or indecisive.
siti
Well-Known Member
Yikes!
But seriously (ahem!)...this...
in response to...
...seems to imply that you think spirituality is based on mythology, superstition, rampant ignorance, and xenophobia...and that God is an ignorant, superstitious xenophobe...in whose image you were created...well I suppose you might have a point after all!
On the subject of the OP - I find it slightly amusing that people find something they have no interest in interesting enough to think of interesting new words to describe their lack of interest. I wonder what a congregation of apatheists would be like...may be they would all yawn and nod off while one of their number drones on endlessly about something none of them have the slightest enthusiasm for...come to think of it, its probably just a synonym for Anglicanism.
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Samael_Khan
Goosebender
Believing your religion is absolute truth or not isn't commendable when we as humans can barely know a fraction of truth out there in the world. Having such confidence is jumping to conclusions.
The best religions are the ones that are more open ended, the ones whose followers are seekers rather than dogmatists, as they aren't so arrogant in their own perceptions, as such arrogance leads to a whole lot of undesirable characrer traits that often leads to antagonism and conflict.
PureX
Veteran Member
Apathy is at least an honest response to the theist proposition. But it does not describe any form of atheism. It describes a profound and willful agnosticism: "I don't know because I don't care".
But it seems very unlikely anyone with this perspective would ever visit this site. Why would they?
But it seems very unlikely anyone with this perspective would ever visit this site. Why would they?
That's interesting (albeit a bit presumptuous).
Allow me a couple of quick points:
- Unlike you, I readily admit to possessing limited wisdom.
- Unlike you, I do however have enough wisdom to realize that knowledge is not a function of conviction; on the contrary, conviction is a function of knowledge.
It implies this to you. That is as sad as it is silly.
siti
Well-Known Member
No! You miss my point. The point is, the point of my post was to point out the silliness of @DNB 's point which was, as you pointed out, a silly point, not your point which was a valid point and not a silly point at all... which is why I made the (admittedly but unashamedly sarcastic) point that I thought @DNB might have had a point...if you see my point. I hope that clarifies my point.
I think many among you are indeed lending various god-conceptions levels of significance and gravitas that just are not there to be challenged.
I figure most don't even know of the label. It is rare enough for militant atheists to.