I asked a question yesterday about a roundtable discussion among beliefs, and nobody could name one pantheist here.
Anyone want to step up to the plate for this beautiful belief system?
2007-03-28 06:00:16 · 14 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
debby, I think the question is pretty self-explanatory. "Are there any pantheists out there?" means I'm looking for a pantheist to respond with "yes, that's me".
2007-03-28 06:46:07 · update #1
Hmmm. Yes in a way. I see everything as an outward appearance or emanation of God, but this outward "thing" can be followed back threw meditation to the original that is no thing or God. Or all forms are the expression of the formless.
2007-03-28 09:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. I can't say I've ever used the term in connection with myself, however if you read the following:
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.
Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in name;
this appears as darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.
It IS kinda pantheistic, isn't it? In fact I've just found a link to naturalistic pantheism which sounds like something I could go for.
Time to read some Spinoza perhaps. Thanks for that Kallan!
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2007-03-28 15:26:09 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I had an amazing dream once in which Merlin blessed me with the title Lady Panthea.
I had to look up the word, and of course found Pantheism.
I do not consciously identify everything as God.
How do I define God. Is it God or god? The devine or the Devine? The Creator. The great Mystery. The Sun.
I believe that the fabric of all is devine and sacred.
Perhaps Merlin realy knows something about me that I am not conscious of.
Peace!
2007-03-28 16:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I honestly couldnt say for sure if i am or not
i know what i believe but hate all these labels ( confuses me lol )
we believe that there is a God energy/force
that all life came from
that we all hold a piece of that energy
that the energy is present in all
I dont think i am truely Pantheist , but can certainly relate to the concept
2007-03-29 09:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pantheist, ethymologies aside, sounds like a German soufflé to me.
2007-03-28 13:39:24 · answer #5 · answered by Malcolm Knoxville V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a pantheist or an panentheist, depending on how I feel on any given day. :-)
2007-03-28 16:59:15 · answer #6 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am, in a way, but still see 'god' as symbolic of a non-deified power.
acid zebra- in regards to your statement about parts of 'god' fighting & killing other parts, if i may explain how i see it... even an individual person can have inner conflict, hate themselves, cut themselves, hurt themselves, kill themselves... i see this as parallel, pretty much the same type of thing. jmo.
2007-03-28 13:50:44 · answer #7 · answered by Ember Halo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...had to look that one up but the way wikipedia describes that pretty much covers it for me....altho I dislike the title of "God"..... I consider myself an eclectic pagan...
2007-03-28 13:39:58 · answer #8 · answered by seanachaipriestess 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
PanterA?
2007-03-28 16:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by Dokken Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So everything is god, god is everything? You, me, and everyone on this planet including the planet? I always wonder why then some parts of god fight and kill and hate each other?
I don't buy it.
2007-03-28 13:46:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋