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A lot of people say that pantheism is "sex-ed up atheism" or that pantheists are practically atheists. I personally disagree. It might be true for some, specifically naturalistic pantheists, but I think that in those cases it just diminishes the term pantheism, it's like saying money is just paper, love is nothing more than a chemical reaction, diamonds are just rock, etc.
I can definitely notice the difference in my life now as a pantheist. Not just my worldview, but my relationship to the world is literal and not metaphoric, I learnt a lot about the behavior of nature (personality of God), I sense divinity in all around me, and beginning to understand the oneness of nature and I. I learned that nothing ends, it just rearranges, the only thing that dies is the illusory self.
Of course that might have more to do with my belief that the universe is active through some sort of awareness of itself.
Nonetheless I find pantheism to be more than just 'sexed up atheism' It's a journey of finding divinity in your self, in all things in nature, and causality. Then you realize this divinity isn't separate if we all have the same origin.
Its 'spiritual' aspects shouldn't be simplified as "love for nature"
It just grinds my gears when that's how it's viewed. Someone, who thinks there is no difference between atheism and pantheism will never understand it.
What say you?
I can definitely notice the difference in my life now as a pantheist. Not just my worldview, but my relationship to the world is literal and not metaphoric, I learnt a lot about the behavior of nature (personality of God), I sense divinity in all around me, and beginning to understand the oneness of nature and I. I learned that nothing ends, it just rearranges, the only thing that dies is the illusory self.
Of course that might have more to do with my belief that the universe is active through some sort of awareness of itself.
Nonetheless I find pantheism to be more than just 'sexed up atheism' It's a journey of finding divinity in your self, in all things in nature, and causality. Then you realize this divinity isn't separate if we all have the same origin.
Its 'spiritual' aspects shouldn't be simplified as "love for nature"
It just grinds my gears when that's how it's viewed. Someone, who thinks there is no difference between atheism and pantheism will never understand it.
What say you?