Ignosticism
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| + | '''Ignosticism''' or '''igtheism''' is the [[theological]] position that every other theological position assumes too much about the [[conceptions of God|concept of God]] and other theological concepts; including (but not limited to) concepts such as faith, spirituality, heaven, hell, afterlife, damnation, salvation, sin and the soul. | ||
| - | '''Apatheism''' (a [[portmanteau]] of ''[[apathy]]'' and ''[[theism]]/[[atheism]]''), also known as '''[[pragmatism|pragmatic]] atheism''' or (critically) as '''practical atheism''', is acting with apathy, disregard, or lack of interest towards belief or disbelief in a [[deity]]. Apatheism describes the ''manner'' of acting towards a belief or lack of a belief in a deity, so it applies to both theism and atheism. An apatheist is also someone who is not interested in accepting or denying any claims that [[gods]] exist or do not exist. In other words, an apatheist is someone who considers the question of the existence of gods as neither meaningful nor relevant to his or her life. | + | Ignosticism is the view that a coherent definition of a given religious term or theological concept must be presented before the question of the existence or nature of said term can be meaningfully discussed. Furthermore, if that definition is [[Falsifiability|unfalsifiable]], the ignostic takes the [[theological noncognitivism|theological noncognitivist]] position that the ''question'' of the existence or nature referred to by the term, for the given definition, is meaningless. For example, the term "God" does not refer to anything that may or may not exist, therefore the term "God" has no literal significance. |
| - | '''Apathetic agnosticism''' (also called '''pragmatic agnosticism''') acknowledges that any amount of debate can neither prove, nor disprove, the existence of one or more deities, and if one or more deities exist, they do not appear to be concerned about the fate of humans. Therefore, their existence has little to no impact on personal human affairs and should be of little theological interest. | + | Some philosophers have seen ignosticism as a variation of [[agnosticism]] or [[atheism]], while others have considered it to be distinct. |
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| - | Apatheists hold that if it were possible to prove that God does or does not exist, their behavior would not change. | + | |
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Agnosticism]] | + | *[[Epistemology]] |
| - | *[[Cosmicism#.22Cosmic_indifference.22|Cosmic indifference]] | + | *[[Scientific method]] |
| - | *[[Ignosticism]] | + | *[[Verificationist]] |
| - | *[[Indifferentism]] | + | *[[Theological noncognitivism]] |
| - | *[[God in Buddhism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Nontheism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Postchristianity]] | + | |
| - | *[[Post-theism]] | + | |
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Ignosticism or igtheism is the theological position that every other theological position assumes too much about the concept of God and other theological concepts; including (but not limited to) concepts such as faith, spirituality, heaven, hell, afterlife, damnation, salvation, sin and the soul.
Ignosticism is the view that a coherent definition of a given religious term or theological concept must be presented before the question of the existence or nature of said term can be meaningfully discussed. Furthermore, if that definition is unfalsifiable, the ignostic takes the theological noncognitivist position that the question of the existence or nature referred to by the term, for the given definition, is meaningless. For example, the term "God" does not refer to anything that may or may not exist, therefore the term "God" has no literal significance.
Some philosophers have seen ignosticism as a variation of agnosticism or atheism, while others have considered it to be distinct.
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