Originally posted by AcolyteOf course the universe is full of energy, otherwise it would be devoid of, well, anything. So, would you agree with any of the following:
Of course the universe is full of energy, otherwise it would be devoid of, well, anything. So, would you agree with any of the following:
- The Universe is intelligent and globally organised by this intelligence.
- Humanity is an essential part of this organisation, and so has 'protected status' in some form.
- There exists a form of 'spiritual ener ...[text shortened]... physical death, which represents the separation of the physical and spiritual parts of a person.
- The Universe is intelligent and globally organized by this intelligence.
I think the better question would be ‘intelligent to what ends’? I do not believe that god would spend much time in the day to day; it would be more like how a gardener would tend their garden. I only know what I sense.
- Humanity is an essential part of this organization, and so has 'protected status' in some form.
Your guess is as good as mine.
- There exists a form of 'spiritual energy' which is distinct from physical energy. (Is spiritual energy affected by entropy? Is it conserved?)
I don’t think entropy has any effect on spiritual energy.
- Spiritual energy is essential to life (anything else?). Personality, or at least some aspect of it, consists of this energy and persists after physical death, which represents the separation of the physical and spiritual parts of a person.
Could be a true statement.
Originally posted by Acolyte"Pan" means "all". "a" means "not" or "none."
How does pantheism differ from atheism?
Therefore, pantheism means "all god," or the idea that god is everything, and everytrhing is god. Atheism means "no god," or the idea that no god exists, period.
Hope this helps.
Jonathan
Originally posted by RagnorakDoes the deity treat other beings/species the same as mankind?
deity, sorry this is all new to me. I only heard of deism with your original post.
D
Do you mean does the deity not interact? I don't understand your line of questioning nor your reason for questions such as these. Seems to me you are trying to start an argument. Now please tell me what from the original post leads you to think the deity treats anything anyway?
Feivel
Originally posted by FeivelI think he/she was referring to the diety not the deist. Until I came to rhp I had never heard of a deist myself.
Does the deity treat other beings/species the same as mankind?
Do you mean does the deity not interact? I don't understand your line of questioning nor your reason for questions such as these. Seems to me you are trying to start an argument. Now please tell me what from the original post leads you to think the deity treats anything anyway?
Feivel
Mike
Originally posted by KellyJayImagine you exist in a void, so there is truly nothing else but you. You now decide to create something, anything. You, being omnipotent, do just that. Now where do you think that energy came from to create what you have created?
Okay there are two distinct views brought out here they are not
even close to being similar. You said earlier. "Pan = all. Pantheists
believe that the Universe IS GOD" Which I completely disagreed
with, since I said that God created the universe, it is His handy
work, not His being. Now you are saying that because the universe
was created by God's c ...[text shortened]... o. One is something
God did, the other is god, there is a distinction between the two.
Kelly
Could you really say that your creation is not part of you?
Do you believe that only the good in the Universe is a part of God, or his divine will. Is not the evil just as much a part of God? After all, God created all of it and knew beforehand what "his handiwork" would do. Our lives, from our puny perspective, appear to be filled with numerous choices but from the perspective of an omnipotent being all choices have been made. God exists both inside and outside the concept of Time simultaneously.
I guess we can agree to disagree, lol.
In Love there is Life.
Angela
Originally posted by royalchickenForum issues was just a temporary vent for the anger in the forums.
Actually, King Healfdane is not to be confused with Healfdane. KH commissioned a Hrothgarian-language Bible, which is very concise; the entire destruction of Sodom and gomorrah is contained in the above quote, and I think it's a good metaphor for what happened to ''Forum Issues''.
