can someone explain Pantheist to me please?

Question

and what religions would be considered Pantheist ?
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I am liking this Pantheism

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Answer 1

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/pantheist

Answer 2

Pantheism is the belief that the universe and nature are ever evolving entities to which we belong. The beauty of nature is what makes pantheists feel spiritual not a god or a book or anything. They believe that we all live on in a circle of life - we live on in our family genes, when we die our bodies become part of the earth and nourish new life such as plants and trees. Some of it sounds a bit gross but it is basically a belief that all living things on earth have energy and beuaty and live on in some way or other when they die. It is highly aesthetic and about the love of nature. No religion could be considered pantheist really because pantheism is a religion of its own.

Answer 3

God is present in all things. God is the universe and the universe is God. Eclectic Paganism mostly beliefs in this although it's 'eclectic' so some believe it, others are polytheists and some are Panantheists which mean that, not only is God the physical universe, God is also the hidden spiritual universe as a whole. I love this belief.

btw, I think Einstein was a Pantheist.

Some forms of Hinduism also have Pantheist beliefs.

Jenny M: Don't talk crap, Wiccans and Pantheists don't believe there's no evil, Wiccans choose to find balance between the creative(good) and destructive(evil) forces of nature instead of hypocritically trying to be (good) and destroy destruction and so doing become evil, but self righteously claiming to be good.


Good and Evil are like positive and negative. One cannot be witout the other. Pantheism does not say God is Good or Evil, it merely says that the Universe is God, So, God is both Good and Evil and not good or evil. Just like the universe...

Answer 4

One way to define is Pantheism is the belief that God is all good to the extent that evil does not exist. For example, a ghetto isn't a horrible place to live because a Pantheist would say "Oh, but if you could see it through the Divine Creator's eyes you would see the beauty"!

Some examples of Wicca could be classified as Pantheistic because they denied the existence of evil, but rather said there was only "good and spiritual void" rather than good and evil.

I think gargoyl has "Polytheistic" confused with "Pantheistic".


"But remember that pantheism does not say that "God is everything", but rather that the universe is worthy of the most profound reverence. Within the overall whole of Nature, it is possible for intelligent species or individuals to become separated from the whole and to act in conflict with it, by harming nature or other people." So God isn't the Universe to the Pantheist.

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Answer 5

A Pantheist is anyone who believes in more than one deity. The Greek and Roman pantheons are often referred to and modern day Pagans. The Hindus also qualify.

However, if one examines so called monotheistic religions, all actually qualify as Pantheisms - generally with a God figure and an evil figure of some sort (Satan, the Devil, whatever)... as well as various 'Saints' and 'Angels'.

From a strictly technical standpoint all modern religions (with the possible exception of Buddhism - would need to check on that one) is Pantheistic...

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Answer 6

Pantheism is is virtually atheism. There is no Pantheist religion, for it requires no doctrine. If you want to understand the Pantheist God better, then become a scientist.

Answer 7

Pantheism is the idea that the universe is a part of or is God. Taoism is one "mainstream" religion that is somewhat pantheistic. The religion I created for myself is somewhat pantheistic.

Answer 8

Well, my understanding is that it can mean a variety of things. Here is what Dictionary.com says:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
pan·the·ism Pronunciation[pan-thee-iz-uhm] –noun
1. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
2. any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe.

I have also heard it explained as believing God is in all thing, believing in many gods and believing that all things are pieces of God.

I would describe God as the energy that powers this existence - and when I speak of the divine at work in my life, I call it the Universe. I believe that God is an ocean of energy, as it were, and we are all individual glasses of God. I believe that many religious texts support this theory, even if they are not taught that way.

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Answer 9

Pantheism is the view that God is identical with everything. It may be seen as the result of two tendencies: an intense religious spirit and the belief that all reality is in some way united.

Answer 10

"pan" means "everthing". "theist" means God.
"Pantheist" means the belief that everything is God, or that God is in everything. That is what i believed until God called me to Christ.
What religions would be pantheist? Possible the animist religions, I wonder about Wicca would have pantheistic elements, although I am not all that familiar with its tenets.
I'm sure some others will be able to add to this answer.

Answer 11

Pantheist- God is everywhere and in everything. Sort of an atheist-theist crossbreed.

There's a similar one:

Panentheist- God is everywhere, but unknowable. More deity, I think, in this one.

Panentheistic beliefs exist in Shinto- they feel the Divine presence of the Kami within everything. If I'm interpreting what I'm reading correctly...