Life stability and security make religious belief fade through indifference

Evidence

It follows then, in places where life is stable, long, controllable, and enjoyable, religion is a crutch that people do not want or need. This then is the third path to disbelief. This disbelief is not so much an opposition to religion, but an indifference to it. I don’t know who coined the term apatheism, but I think it captures this kind of irreligion quite well. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 620

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines apatheism as indifference-based unbelief distinct from oppositional atheism.