Dawkins dissed again and again (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Saturday, April 26, 2014, 03:08 (3647 days ago) @ romansh

Romansh: just a quick comment on the word religion.
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> A literal translation (from the Latin) as re-connect is widely accepted.
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> So the question becomes re-connect to what?
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> A panentheistic god is subtly disconnected from the universe - it still remains separate from the universe in some way. Whereas a pantheistic interpretation is the universe is one with god. The universe and god are the same thing.
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> John 10:30
> and the word atonement (at-one-ment), both give us a glimpse behind Christianity to a monistic world view.-The meaning of Panentheism depends on the definition one uses. From Wiki this one fits me: "While pantheism asserts that 'All is God', panentheism goes further to claim that God is greater than the universe."-Merriam/Webster says the same thing:-"Definition of PANENTHEISM-
 : the doctrine that God includes the world as a part though not the whole of his being"


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