I am a Scientific Pantheist or a Naturalistic Pantheist. God is the Universe or Nature. God is the totality of existence, everything and everyone is part of God. God is not humanoid, It does not have personality or persona, it does not have gender, It is not jealous, it does not crave our worship or prayer. God does not have desires or concerns, It does not speak to people, It does not hear prayers. Pantheists venerate the Universe for its totality and its order. They are (at least mostly) environmentalists out of respect for Nature. They are (mostly) Humanists, concerned with the welfare of others and of humankind. See "Religion Without Revelation" by Julian Huxley to understand how to be religious without prayer, worship or a personal god.
See the World Pantheist Movement for more information.
http://www.pantheism.net/
Look at the religion/philosophy of famous Naturalistic Pantheists like David Hume, Julian Huxley and Albert Einstein.
Please be aware there are also Spiritual Pantheists, who believe there is a spiritual dimension, that souls or spirits exist. Ralph Waldo Emerson and his "Oversoul" is perhaps the best know example of this school of thought. The Oversoul is the sum of all spirit. http://www.hi-des-website.com...
There are many religions with Pan...
See the World Pantheist Movement for more information.
http://www.pantheism.net/
Look at the religion/philosophy of famous Naturalistic Pantheists like David Hume, Julian Huxley and Albert Einstein.
Please be aware there are also Spiritual Pantheists, who believe there is a spiritual dimension, that souls or spirits exist. Ralph Waldo Emerson and his "Oversoul" is perhaps the best know example of this school of thought. The Oversoul is the sum of all spirit. http://www.hi-des-website.com...
There are many religions with Pan...
I am a Scientific Pantheist or a Naturalistic Pantheist. God is the Universe or Nature. God is the totality of existence, everything and everyone is part of God. God is not humanoid, It does not have personality or persona, it does not have gender, It is not jealous, it does not crave our worship or prayer. God does not have desires or concerns, It does not speak to people, It does not hear prayers. Pantheists venerate the Universe for its totality and its order. They are (at least mostly) environmentalists out of respect for Nature. They are (mostly) Humanists, concerned with the welfare of others and of humankind. See "Religion Without Revelation" by Julian Huxley to understand how to be religious without prayer, worship or a personal god.
See the World Pantheist Movement for more information.
http://www.pantheism.net/
Look at the religion/philosophy of famous Naturalistic Pantheists like David Hume, Julian Huxley and Albert Einstein.
Please be aware there are also Spiritual Pantheists, who believe there is a spiritual dimension, that souls or spirits exist. Ralph Waldo Emerson and his "Oversoul" is perhaps the best know example of this school of thought. The Oversoul is the sum of all spirit. http://www.hi-des-website.com...
There are many religions with Pantheistic thought. John Shelby Spong espouses a Christianity which is essentially Pantheistic. http://johnshelbyspong.com/
Most Native Ameican religions are (or were) Pantheistic. See God is Red by Vine Deloria for an excellent introduction to Native American religious thought.
(more)See the World Pantheist Movement for more information.
http://www.pantheism.net/
Look at the religion/philosophy of famous Naturalistic Pantheists like David Hume, Julian Huxley and Albert Einstein.
Please be aware there are also Spiritual Pantheists, who believe there is a spiritual dimension, that souls or spirits exist. Ralph Waldo Emerson and his "Oversoul" is perhaps the best know example of this school of thought. The Oversoul is the sum of all spirit. http://www.hi-des-website.com...
There are many religions with Pantheistic thought. John Shelby Spong espouses a Christianity which is essentially Pantheistic. http://johnshelbyspong.com/
Most Native Ameican religions are (or were) Pantheistic. See God is Red by Vine Deloria for an excellent introduction to Native American religious thought.






















Being wise, insightful. Making good decisions in life. Morality/karma. Concentration, meditation and mental development.
To be honest, I could careless about any God or religion. I just want to live the life I have.
Oh man, you have no idea how much Camus' The Stranger resonates here. That sentence is like a tl;dr version of the last chapter.
In contrast to your second image -
A tree-stump 'lacks a belief'. Humans hold belief positions.
Merriam Webster - "a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing"
Oxford Dictionary - "trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something"
Princeton's Dictionary - "impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed) "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying""
Notice something in common here? A belief is something someone has faith in — anecdotal in nature and that lacks any substantial evidential background.
There is no evidence that an anthropological being exists (Theism proposes anthropomorphism — which is what we're talking about here, not Deism). There is nothing to even propose such a being exists. Why is it a "he"? Why is it anthropological? Why is it all-powerful? Why not limited, but really powerful? These are all questions that are unanswerable and that you have to ascribe belief to. There is no "belief" that such a being exists with Atheists. There's nothing to propose such a thing exists, so concerning yourself with the such becomes banal and pointless.
Just like you know a 7-headed Hippopotamus named ...
Merriam Webster - "a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing"
Oxford Dictionary - "trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something"
Princeton's Dictionary - "impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed) "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying""
Notice something in common here? A belief is something someone has faith in — anecdotal in nature and that lacks any substantial evidential background.
There is no evidence that an anthropological being exists (Theism proposes anthropomorphism — which is what we're talking about here, not Deism). There is nothing to even propose such a being exists. Why is it a "he"? Why is it anthropological? Why is it all-powerful? Why not limited, but really powerful? These are all questions that are unanswerable and that you have to ascribe belief to. There is no "belief" that such a being exists with Atheists. There's nothing to propose such a thing exists, so concerning yourself with the such becomes banal and pointless.
Just like you know a 7-headed Hippopotamus named Earl doesn't exist in your shed, not believe, Atheists know anthropological beings with human characteristics and omniscience (oxymoronic really) don't exist.
I am also absolutely certain that your belief that NO God exists is a belief POSITION. - not a 'lack of belief' (a personal psychological state of being without a belief - neither true nor false). You have a viewpoint - a position of belief on whether God exists - not a psychological state of 'lacking a belief' on the subject.
Modern Atheists play a game of sophistry. They promote a phony definition of Atheism as something other than a viewpoint (a belief position) to shield Atheism from any burden to justify because they cannot justify. There are no good arguments or evidence to justify their belief.
Atheism is not a personal psychological state of being without belief (neither true nor false) but is a viewpoint - a belief position.
Now justify your belief Atheist.
Here is a very cursory outline of some of the best evidences for God. The full arguments and evidences are not NOT adequately explained here. This is a very compacted outline I put together - not comprehensive.
Contingency – Why does something exist rather than nothing? Something cannot begin from nothing without a cause, so Something must self-exist. Self-existence is necessary. Self –creation is impossible. The Universe began. Universe is not self-existent...
I am also absolutely certain that your belief that NO God exists is a belief POSITION. - not a 'lack of belief' (a personal psychological state of being without a belief - neither true nor false). You have a viewpoint - a position of belief on whether God exists - not a psychological state of 'lacking a belief' on the subject.
Modern Atheists play a game of sophistry. They promote a phony definition of Atheism as something other than a viewpoint (a belief position) to shield Atheism from any burden to justify because they cannot justify. There are no good arguments or evidence to justify their belief.
Atheism is not a personal psychological state of being without belief (neither true nor false) but is a viewpoint - a belief position.
Now justify your belief Atheist.
Here is a very cursory outline of some of the best evidences for God. The full arguments and evidences are not NOT adequately explained here. This is a very compacted outline I put together - not comprehensive.
Contingency – Why does something exist rather than nothing? Something cannot begin from nothing without a cause, so Something must self-exist. Self-existence is necessary. Self –creation is impossible. The Universe began. Universe is not self-existent. Universe requires a causally antecedent agency to explain it’s existence. God does not – no beginning.
Cosmological – Absolute beginning requires a cause. Cause of Physical Universe cannot be Physical. Must be non-physical, space-less, timeless and willful to cause Physical Universe from Physical Nothingness.
Design: Specified ordered and integrated interdependencies aimed towards a third-purpose design objectives clearly infer intelligent agency. ‘Chance’ events within limited time-frames cannot rationally account for Design achievements No plausible Naturalistic mechanisms or explanations actually exist. Origin of radically sophisticated DNA information (software) driving molecular highly sophisticated molecular machines within each cell. Also, the design inference from irreducible complexity cannot and certainly has not been adequately explained.
Precision FINELY TUNED constants and quantities present in initial conditions of the Universe to within infinitesimally narrow ranges to permit life. Universe is precision balanced on razor’s edge. This is virtual mathematical proof of intent – a function of mind – is necessary to explain these precision orderings.
Ontological argument – God is a metaphysically necessary Being. Since God’s attributes are metaphysically possible, and all metaphysical possibilities must also be actual if possible, God must be actual.
Intelligence in Nature: Intelligence, order and reason and information all from Nothingness?
Spiritual instinct of man: Evolved to connect with something not actual?
Free-will: Chemical causation is not free-will. Agency requires a soul. Chemicals have no moral duties.
Moral Truth / Apprehension of Objective moral truth. Is rape really wrong or just an illusion? Is rape just a natural chemical byproduct caused by electrochemical activity (Atheism) – or an act of will.
Massive Historical evidences of witnessed Miracles, visions, fulfilled prophecies,.
Personal experiences: Ubiquitous NDE’s, supernatural phenomena
Christ’s resurrection witnessed by hundreds.
Absolute failure of Naturalism to explain a Finely tuned Universe, Finite Universe, Sentience, Rational truth and natural order, Moral Law (morality), intuition, intentionality, intelligence, purpose, free-will…
Evolution explains change and adaptation in species—speciation false
evolution is the changing from one species to another example a rock to a croc
what your thinking about is natural selection
Is science a cult? Can grass vote?