Hi y'all,
I just joined this tribe. While the single tenet at the heart of "apatheism" is a (non)belief I have long espoused, I have never seen this term before.
What is its source? Who coined it? I have to admit my knowledge of Greek is minimal. How is the prefix apa- different from the more common apo- in this usage?
I just joined this tribe. While the single tenet at the heart of "apatheism" is a (non)belief I have long espoused, I have never seen this term before.
What is its source? Who coined it? I have to admit my knowledge of Greek is minimal. How is the prefix apa- different from the more common apo- in this usage?
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Unsu...
Re: origin of "apatheist"
Thu, September 29, 2005 - 1:19 PMI don't claim to have invented the term, but I believe it's a merging of the two words apathy and theist.... indicating we just don't think it matters whether there is a god or not.... we're apathetic about it. Dunno if the word has ever been used outside this tribe.... -
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Re: origin of "apatheist"
Thu, September 29, 2005 - 1:20 PMSorry... shoulda done this first, but I googled apatheist, and got a pretty good definition:
atheism.about.com/library/g...theist.htm
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Unsu...
Re: origin of "apatheist"
Thu, September 29, 2005 - 1:23 PM
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