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Critical thought is hard
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RE: Critical thought is hard
(April 6, 2015 at 9:35 pm)Mezmo! Wrote:
(April 6, 2015 at 2:40 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: In a panentheistic religion, everything is part of God. God is like an octopus and we are merely his sock puppets. We forget we are sock puppets and do not have fun?

Anyway, that possibility cheers me up sometimes.
Not quite. You're thinking of pantheism. Panentheism means that everything comes out of God.

Don't make me consult wikipedia! Wink
Quote:Panentheism (meaning "all-in-God", from the Ancient Greek πᾶν pân ("all"), ἐν en ("in") and Θεός Theós ("God")) is a belief system which posits that the divine – whether as a single God, number of gods, or other form of "cosmic animating force" – interpenetrates every part of the universe and extends, timelessly (and, presumably, spacelessly) beyond it. Unlike pantheism, which holds that the divine and the universe are identical, panentheism maintains a distinction between the divine and non-divine and the significance of both
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism

So the octopus interpenetrates all us sock puppets with its tentacles and extends timelessly beyond. Angel
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Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 10:38 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 6, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 11:14 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 6, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 11:35 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Faith No More - April 6, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Alex K - April 6, 2015 at 11:46 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by downbeatplumb - April 6, 2015 at 11:50 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 11:56 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 6, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 6, 2015 at 11:54 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 6, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Faith No More - April 6, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 6, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by downbeatplumb - April 6, 2015 at 12:54 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Faith No More - April 6, 2015 at 1:00 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 6, 2015 at 12:57 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 1:11 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 6, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 1:42 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Simon Moon - April 9, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 9, 2015 at 5:01 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Angrboda - April 19, 2015 at 7:13 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Simon Moon - April 9, 2015 at 5:02 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 6, 2015 at 1:14 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Crossless1 - April 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Mudhammam - April 19, 2015 at 11:27 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Exian - April 6, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Faith No More - April 6, 2015 at 1:06 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Exian - April 6, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Faith No More - April 6, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 6, 2015 at 1:42 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 6, 2015 at 1:45 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 6, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 1:51 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 6, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 2:40 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 6, 2015 at 9:35 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 9:59 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Neo-Scholastic - April 7, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 6, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 6, 2015 at 2:50 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by watchamadoodle - April 6, 2015 at 4:13 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Angrboda - April 6, 2015 at 6:12 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Thumpalumpacus - April 6, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by TruthWorthy - April 7, 2015 at 12:44 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by urlawyer - April 7, 2015 at 1:14 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by The Grand Nudger - April 19, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Iroscato - April 19, 2015 at 11:54 am
RE: Critical thought is hard - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Cato - April 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm
RE: Critical thought is hard - by Mudhammam - April 19, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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