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Tony Villari

Growing Beyond Pantheism

  • In my last couple of posts, I contemplated religion, religious denominations, religious sects, religious faith, and my own spiritualist view at the time; the very real possibility that I am a pantheist. A recent comment to one of those posts gave me kudos for "still expanding, exploring your own beliefs and have managed to move past some of the ingrained dogma most of us grew up and are still constantly bombarded with." The comment went on to say, "Pantheism as wedged into one of the "main religions" is not, IMO, the pantheism of nature and natural law."  As I read this, I agreed with the statement but was confused by the reason for it until I read the definition of "pantheism," once again.

     

    Are you a theist, an atheist, an agnostic, a pantheist or, perhaps, something else?  I’m not sure what lies beyond pantheism, but follow the attached link and maybe you can help me navigate these waters:  Growing Beyond Pantheism

4 comments
  • Gail Dobson likes this
  • Gail Dobson
    Gail Dobson panentheism may be the other "label" you're searching for.
    October 17, 2018
  • Tony Villari
    Tony Villari "Related to Process Theology, panentheism is essentially a combination of theism (God is the supreme being) and pantheism (God is everything). While pantheism says that God and the universe are coextensive, panentheism claims the God is greater than ...  more
    October 17, 2018
  • Gail Dobson
    Gail Dobson your comment cut off at "but only in...". Pantheism = God is Everything including the universe and everything is God; Panentheism = God created everything including the universe but is individual, outside, beyond time and the universe itself. IDK where "b...  more
    October 17, 2018
  • Tony Villari
    Tony Villari Sorry about that, and I'm not. It was part of the larger description of panentheism.
    October 17, 2018