New Posts For Thread: pantheism vs Atheismhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_AtheismPantheism holds that the cosmos, taken or conceived of as a whole, is synonymous with God. The Cosmos is divine, and the earth sacred.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=522177949#522177949Pantheism holds that the cosmos, taken or conceived of as a whole, is synonymous with God. The Cosmos is divine, and the earth sacred.Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:20:36 -0500Pantheism holds that the cosmos, taken or conceived of as a whole, is synonymous with God. The Cosmos is divine, and the earth sacred.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=522177737#522177737Pantheism holds that the cosmos, taken or conceived of as a whole, is synonymous with God. The Cosmos is divine, and the earth sacred.Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:07:30 -0500BUT, pantheists don't believe in a supernatural, or a supernatural god, or prayer or an afterlife. That kind of belief is called "religion." Some may think of it as the supernatural, a kind of divine magic. There are myriads of beliefs in all sorthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=514453685#514453685BUT, pantheists don't believe in a supernatural, or a supernatural god, or prayer or an afterlife. That kind of belief is called "religion." Some may think of it as the supernatural, a kind of divine magic. There are myriads of beliefs in all sortSun, 01 Jan 2012 11:30:43 -0600Well, I thought it would be more interesting... but considering the difficulties involved with time travel they might as well go today.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=409902993#409902993Well, I thought it would be more interesting... but considering the difficulties involved with time travel they might as well go today.Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:00:26 -0500You got it! But a few centuries ago? Try saying it in certain church now! You might not get pelted with stones, but you'll be either gently asked to find another church, or be kicked out.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=409132189#409132189You got it! But a few centuries ago? Try saying it in certain church now! You might not get pelted with stones, but you'll be either gently asked to find another church, or be kicked out.Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:16:06 -0500Yeah, try saying that in a church, preferably a few centuries ago.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=344200477#344200477Yeah, try saying that in a church, preferably a few centuries ago.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:24:27 -0500God, the Father is used in the pervasive sense that is the pure consciousness that is all pervading and as Christians, we say God is all knowing because he is all pervading. The Witnessing Consciousness, God the Father is everywhere, He lies quiescenhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=316369003#316369003God, the Father is used in the pervasive sense that is the pure consciousness that is all pervading and as Christians, we say God is all knowing because he is all pervading. The Witnessing Consciousness, God the Father is everywhere, He lies quiescenFri, 31 Jul 2009 14:11:46 -0500Hi there! I understand what you mean, and this may be semantic antics, but it may be that the notion of a personal God arose out of a need!However, I think it's like a security blanket; the child feels that it "needs" the blanket, but will be just fihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=285231395#285231395Hi there! I understand what you mean, and this may be semantic antics, but it may be that the notion of a personal God arose out of a need!However, I think it's like a security blanket; the child feels that it "needs" the blanket, but will be just fiWed, 15 Apr 2009 13:50:50 -0500I'm a Quentin Smith pantheist: Existence awes me! I follow the presumption of naturalism that not only are natural causes and explanations efficient and necessary but also the primary and sufficient ones, so there is no need to postualte a personal Ghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=285029708#285029708I'm a Quentin Smith pantheist: Existence awes me! I follow the presumption of naturalism that not only are natural causes and explanations efficient and necessary but also the primary and sufficient ones, so there is no need to postualte a personal GTue, 14 Apr 2009 19:19:10 -0500Eddie?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13419279/pantheism_vs_Atheism?post_id=263680379#263680379Eddie?Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:59:10 -0600