The Greek word PAN means “all”, and THEOS means “god”. Simply put, Pantheism is the view that everything is God. Another way a pantheist might explain it is that nature and God are the same thing. That includes people, planets, and your neighborhood platypus… and everything else.
As I wrote in Materialism Contradicts Science, the universe had a beginning. Something caused it to come into existence. If you’re not up to speed on how the concept of entropy proves that the universe had a beginning, you might want to read that article.
Because the universe had a beginning, Pantheism must be false. Like Materialism, Pantheism presupposes that the universe is all that exists. Because the universe couldn’t create itself, something outside the universe had to do the creating. If the universe is divine, what do we call the being that created the universe? Should we worship the creature, or the creator?
One would think that a Pantheist would welcome the opportunity to readjust their thinking, and to worship the One who created our amazing universe… rather than worshipping the universe itself.
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I am not on asperger spectrum. Pantheism To me is related to experience not an idea. But you won’t understand that die to genetics inculturation enviromental choices experiences personal developmemt
David:
I’m not sure why you mentioned not being on the spectrum. I believe I’m on the spectrum, but I don’t see a connection between that and what I wrote.
It sounds like you’re saying that you experience the universe as God. Is that what you mean? If so, does that mean you experience sushi as God? What about rain? These are ontological questions… someone might have an experience that contradicts reality, right? IS everything God, or are some things NOT God?
Let me know what you think.