Apathetic agnosticism, in its most widely acknowledged form, is a theological position put forward by John Tyrrell in 1965. Apathetic Agnosticism differs from Ignosticism, in that while Ignostics believe that the very question of God's existence or otherwise is meaningless, apathetic agnostics are aware of the question but apathetic about the answer, believing that regardless of whether or not a god or gods exist, this does not affect us, our uni...
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Apathetic agnosticism, in its most widely acknowledged form, is a theological position put forward by John Tyrrell in 1965. Apathetic Agnosticism differs from Ignosticism, in that while Ignostics believe that the very question of God's existence or otherwise is meaningless, apathetic agnostics are aware of the question but apathetic about the answer, believing that regardless of whether or not a god or gods exist, this does not affect us, our universe or the human condition, and so need not greatly concern us. A similar viewpoint is adopted by so-called 'Born-Again Agnostics'; people who have in the past been curious about the existence or otherwise of God, but - having found no convincing case either way - have deliberately abandoned their quest as being pointless, in favour of an 'actively neutral' attitude.
The position can be summarized as: "There is no proof either of God's existence or nonexistence, but since God (if there is one) appears unconcerned for the universe or the...
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