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Natural Pantheism
- Thread starter MaddLlama
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lilithu
The Devil's Advocate
An attitude of reverence for the universe.
I don't think it's that hard. If "God" is our highest values, then "pantheism" places its highest value in the natural universe.
Prometheus
Semper Perconctor
It's not a religious quality. Being in awe of something doesn't mean you worship it.
You either believe in the existence of God/Gods or you don't. There is nothing beyond that.
Religious naturalism.
Everything is beyond that.
Smoke
Done here.
"A religious quality" doesn't necessarily imply worship.
Actually, so does "Borderline Quaker".
Prometheus
Semper Perconctor
This doesn't make any sense to me in the context of what I meant. I think you just enjoy being contradictory.
What else could you mean by it then? Having positive feelings of any kind is to be human, not religious. If the universe, in all its beauty, is inspiring, that should be all you need to say of it. To claim it is a religious experience of any kind is to say that either you worship the universe or you believe something supernatural about it.
If you want to label positive human emotions as religious experiences then you are stretching the word. There is nothing at all religious about admiration, respect, humility, gratitude, wonder and etc. I feel these things when I think of the universe as well but using the word "religious" is only going to confuse people. The words "God" and "religion" have been slaughtered enough.