{"tag":"deism","articles":{"blog\/mythology\/apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-05-04T14:13:27+02:00","publishedAt":"2017-05-04T14:07:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god","title":"Apatheism \u2013 I just don\u0027t care for god","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022560\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022560\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a scientific point of view, of course I care for the god hypothesis. Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? 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Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? Would I become a better person, if I just started believing against all reason?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E1. There might be no gods.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, and without fearing death \u2013 since I won\u2019t even notice I\u2019m gone already. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. There might be a god that doesn\u2019t care about us at all.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why would I care either? Cool, it created us, it is some deistic or pantheistic force of nature, maybe there\u2019s some afterlife, but we simply don\u2019t know it. In this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death \u2013 since my actions won\u2019t affect my potential afterlife anyway. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person, just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. There might be a god that watches our moves and punishes or rewards us after death.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. a) It rewards us for our good deeds and morals.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, without it telling us beforehand, in a straight-forward matter, what\u2019s actually good and what\u2019s bad, it doesn\u2019t really seem fair to get judged by it, does it? Still, I think it\u2019s safe to assume, that a secular morality, based on simply not being a dick and not wanting other people to suffer, should be enough, shouldn\u2019t it? (Seriously, I refuse to adjust my sex life or my menu to what some primitive bronze age book says!)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death, since I did my best to be a good person anyway \u2013 just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. b) It rewards us for our faith or some other stupid, arbitrary trace.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why the hell would I want to be a pet of such a god? Being a mindless puppet, bullied into faith by a threat of hell, created for the sole purpose of worshipping its creator, not given enough information to make a wise decision, but being accounted for that decision anyway \u2013 that\u2019s not what I want to be. 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My parents might even start treating my like a son again (if I also started pretending not to be gay). But hey! 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There might be a god that doesn\u2019t care about us at all.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why would I care either? Cool, it created us, it is some deistic or pantheistic force of nature, maybe there\u2019s some afterlife, but we simply don\u2019t know it. In this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death \u2013 since my actions won\u2019t affect my potential afterlife anyway. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person, just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. There might be a god that watches our moves and punishes or rewards us after death.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. a) It rewards us for our good deeds and morals.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, without it telling us beforehand, in a straight-forward matter, what\u2019s actually good and what\u2019s bad, it doesn\u2019t really seem fair to get judged by it, does it? 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