![]() Of the deity and definitely problems with a being possessing so many There are questions concerning the meaning of some of the features There is a problem when considering the entire set of attributes. Summed up as "The world is God, but God is more than the world". While pantheism canīe summed up by "God is the world and the world is God", panentheism can be ![]() Universe is part of God, but that God is more than this. Panentheism is a variation of pantheism which holds that the physical Pantheists assert that God is himself (or itself) the natural universe.īaruch Spinoza, though the precise characterization of his views is Kathenotheists have similar beliefs, but worship a different god at This will also apply to their culture's God. Of course, as most people consider their own culture superior to others, and Spirit being distinct and lesser gods), or because it is associated with Holding that only God the Father should be worshipped, Jesus and the Holy (some Christian sects take this view of the Henotheists for example, worship only one of the many gods, eitherīecause it is held to be more powerful or worthy of worship than the others.įor example, accepts almost all polytheistic (gods) in Hinduism. They all accept that many gods exist, but differ in their responses to that There can be as fewĪs two (such as a classical Western understanding of Polytheism is its belief in more than one god(dess). For example, what does it mean for something to beĬreated? How can something be "all-powerful"? Monotheistic sense, there are still many difficult questions to be askedĪbout what this means. Monistic theism, a variant of both monism and monotheism, views God as both However, these are the three most uncontroversial and dominant in Christian (e.g., omnipresence) have been alleged to be necessary properties of a god ![]() Has the power to do anything, and is perfectly good. Thought, God is traditionally described as a being that possesses at least Monotheism is the view that only one God exists (as opposed to multiple Panentheism-one god, the world is part of god who is.Pantheism- one god existing in the creation-i.e., world=god.Theism- one god separate from the creation.Of a single supreme deity or god there are a variety of positions or beliefs: Atoms, however, go on practically forever.Problem with the Attributes of deity (god) When we die our atoms will disassemble and move off to find new uses elsewhere-as part of a leaf or other human being or drop of dew. (The personages have to be historical, apparently, as it takes the atoms some decades to become thoroughly redistributed however much you may wish it, you are not yet one with Elvis Presley.) So we are all reincarnations-though short-lived ones. A billion more each came from Buddha and Genghis Khan and Beethoven, and any other historical figure you care to name. We are each so atomically numerous and so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms-up to a billion for each of us, it has been suggested-probably once belonged to Shakespeare. Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. “Because they are so long-lived, atoms really get around.
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