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The term irreligion is a combination of the noun religion and the ir-form of the prefix in-, signifying "not" (similar to irrelevant). It was first attested in French as irréligion in 1527, then in English as irreligion in 1598. It was borrowed into Dutch as irreligie in the 17th century, though it is not certain from which language. [29]
Apatheism (/ ˌ æ p ə ˈ θ iː ɪ z əm /; a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy toward the existence or non-existence of God(s).It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system.
Nonreligious population by country, 2010 [78] Percentage of people in various European countries who said: "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force." (2005) [ 79 ] Demographic research services normally do not differentiate between various types of non-religious respondents, so agnostics are often classified in the same ...
According to reports from the WIN/Gallup International's (WIN/GIA) four global polls: in 2005, 77% were a religious person and 4% were "convinced atheists"; in 2012, 23% were not a religious person and 13% were "convinced atheists"; [2] in 2015, 22% were not a religious person and 11% were "convinced atheists"; [3] and in 2017, 25% were not a ...
In the United States, between 6% and 11% of the population demonstrated nonreligious attitudes and naturalistic worldviews, namely atheists or agnostics. [2]: 1 [1]: 18 [3] [4] 24% of people who do not believe in God or a universal spirit call themselves atheists. [5]
The early Christian apologist Tertullian was the first-known writer to employ the term "freedom of religion" (libertas religionis), which appears in the 24th chapter of his Apologeticum. [19] He expanded on the case for the tolerance of all religious views in his epistle to proconsul Scapula, [20] in which he states
Agnostic theism is the philosophical view that encompasses both theism and agnosticism.An agnostic theist believes in the existence of one or more gods, but regards the basis of this proposition as unknown or inherently unknowable.
Nontheism or non-theism is a range of both religious [1] and non-religious [2] attitudes characterized by the absence of espoused belief in the existence of God or gods. Nontheism has generally been used to describe apathy or silence towards the subject of gods and differs from atheism , or active disbelief in any gods.