Definitions

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  • noun religion A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.

Etymologies

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Blend of apathy and atheist

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Examples

  • To hear that truth is meaningless is as close to heresy as I can fathom, as an apatheist.

    John Wellington Ennis: Sarah Palin's Greatest Defender 2009

  • I write about these things all the time on my blog (antiquitopia.blogspot.com), but, ultimately, it shouldn't matter if our President is a polytheist, atheist, agnostic, or my new favorite term (which I think I have coined because I haven't seen others use it yet), "apatheist."

    Obama's Faith...in Hanuman?! James F. McGrath 2008

  • May I ask, as an apatheist, why the HELL we have religious leaders blessing or invoking or praying or chanting anything at a formal political ceremony?

    John Wellington Ennis: OMG! Rick Warren! BFD! 2008

  • Many such people are probably apatheists rather than atheists, but it's much less exciting to win an apatheist to Jesus than it is to win an atheist to him.

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • Husband: sworn apatheist, full set of plans including living will, terrified of death.

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • Being an apatheist I can’t say what goes on in the head of a fundy, but all I can think is: Urrr, wouldn’t it be a LOT less complicated just to take the theistic evolutionist position and be done with it?

    In the Zone - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • An apatheist says: “I don’t care if there’s a God or not.”

    Dover Trap in the Pelican State - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Being an apatheist I can’t say what goes on in the head of a fundy, but all I can think is: Urrr, wouldn’t it be a LOT less complicated just to take the theistic evolutionist position and be done with it?

    In the Zone - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Being an apatheist I can’t say what goes on in the head of a fundy, but all I can think is: Urrr, wouldn’t it be a LOT less complicated just to take the theistic evolutionist position and be done with it?

    In the Zone - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • I like the term “apatheist,” meaning you don’t even care about the question or are tired of it.

    the Problem with “A” | Mind on Fire 2008

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  • I don't believe I should be bothered making a comment.

    October 1, 2008

  • Apatheist: Neither an agnostic nor an atheist, an apatheist is one who doesn't care whether or not god(s) exist.

    April 2, 2009