Phat
Member Posts: 18651 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 4.3
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Message 13 of 14 (76498)
01-04-2004 3:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 12 by Buzsaw 11-08-2003 5:17 PM
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PAN-THEISM
The word pantheism comes from Greek. Pan: all and theos: God. In pantheism, all reality is viewed as being infused with divinity. God is primarily impersonal, since Jupiter or a Black Hole are hardly personal to us. (most of us,perhaps) In viewing much of the religious beliefs of the major denominations and offshoots, I usually decuce my reasoning by comparing several varied sources within that context. For example, Nine out of Ten believe that The word is God, which means that the impartation of truth existed in a defineable(by words) form before the book was actually written. One out of ten say that the word was a god, but their organization has been around a mere 200 years and has changed its internal theology numerous times. Additionally, the JW viewpoint warns them about searching outside their own literature for truth or even debate. I, on the other hand, am unafraid to search many differing sources. So the pantheists have a belief also. Is the Universe God? Well...what is god to you? To me, it is the One God of Israel which I believe became a person. If Lake Michigan is one body (of water) and I fill a glass with it, it may be true that the glass is not the lake, but it is also true that the lake is in the glass fully, and that the lake and the glass are still one body (of water)....
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