(November 18, 2021 at 3:38 pm)Alan V Wrote: When I think of a God or gods, which is what any kind of theism implies, I think of a form of being with a mind and willfully directed powers. Without those attributes, you are talking about some mechanical force or forces.
That being the case, I think of pantheism as necessitating that the universe as a whole has a mind and a will. I don't know of any atheists who also believe that about it.
Pantheism - God is all things, and all things are God.
I think Pantheists do believe that there is some sort of "potential" or "purpose" inherent in the universe. However, I don't think they see it as an active intelligence, but rather see intelligence as something that evolves with the universe. We are part of God, and our intelligence is important to the ongoing evolution of God/The-Universe.
Some may, however, have New Age ideas.
A pantheist will see the divine in the connections that exist within nature.
