How to think about God.

Apatheism (/ˌæpəˈθiːɪzəm/;[citation needed] a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy towards the existence or non-existence of God(s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system.[1][2][3] The term was coined by Robert Nash in 2001.[4]

An apatheist is someone who is not interested in accepting or rejecting any claims that gods exist or do not exist. The existence of a god or gods is not rejected, but may be designated irrelevant.[5] One of the first recorded apatheists was arguably Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784), who wrote: "It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

Scientist and philosopher Ian von Hegner has argued that apatheism is an alternative to positions such as theism, atheism, and agnosticism, with implications that have been overlooked in modern philosophical discussions.[5] Philosopher Trevor Hedberg has called apatheism "uncharted territory in the philosophy of religion."[1] Political theorist and constitutional law scholar, Adam Scott Kunz, has further defined apatheism as "the philosophical attitude of indifference, both public and private, to (1) the question of the existence of a deity, (2) the metaphysical and practical value of loyalty to that deity, and/or (3) the interaction of that deity with the natural world."[3]

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BidenPresident said:
Deists believe once God set the world in motion he kind of disappears into the background. So deism is relevant to discussion.
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the question I asked and he quoted was why a creator and a being were mutually exclusive.......his response that there a handful of deists 250 years ago is meaningless.......
 
BidenPresident said:
From early Catholic theology like St Anselm, Augustine, Thomas.
They privileged believing in God as the essential feature of theology and religion.
Anyone not believing in their God was an atheist (not a term they used).
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They called us non-believers heathens. They did not use the word atheist.
 
BidenPresident said:
No, I meant conceptually. They just used the phrase "those who deny the existence of God."
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Oh, okay. Then it makes more sense. Nevertheless, no atheist can be a polytheist or any other sort of the-ist. "Infidel" or "heathen" is more appropriate to what early Xtians and Muslims called everyone else not chosen.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Oh, okay. Then it makes more sense. Nevertheless, no atheist can be a polytheist or any other sort of the-ist. "Infidel" or "heathen" is more appropriate to what early Xtians and Muslims called everyone else not chosen.
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In Greek tragedies there are Gods but no one God. It's 'atheistic' about monotheism. Gods in Homer did not have absolute power.
 
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