(August 24, 2016 at 2:58 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:(August 24, 2016 at 2:56 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I don't really know much about pantheism but I love pancetta. Great on pasta or with eggs. I'll bet it would make great risotto too.Have you looked up panentheism? God is distinct from creation but interpenetrates and surrounds it.
The electromagnetic force, gravity and the Higg's field all span the universe and have relatively (within the universe) infinite range.
Ark, my vote is for panentheism. Deism does not account for God's role as the necessary being that sustains existence. Pantheism to me is the same as having no god at all. The best it gets you is panpsychic idealism, the kissing cousin of materialism.
The similarly of moral teaching between different religious traditions seems more easily explained by all people sharing a universal human nature. Each religion has very different ideas about what that human nature is and where it comes from. My point to pops is that you cannot just look at the surface where things appear similar.
