Why is a \"designer\" so compelling? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Thursday, July 16, 2009, 02:59 (5608 days ago) @ xeno6696

Panentheism and process theology manages to avoid this quagmire by positing similar positions, the former that the universe is contained within God, and the latter asserting that God is an animating force in the universe that is neither cause and effect: essentially the universe is a process and God is part of the process... if you think of quantum mechanics, God is Schrodinger's cat. - I like your brief description of panentheism. And I love the comment that process theism is like Schrodinger's cat. 
 
> EDIT: Quick note here, panentheism can still fail if one attempts again to assert that the deity somehow interfaces with the world--by recreating the paradox. - However, the edit bothers me. If the universe is contained within God, I assume there is a boundry line within the universe that He can cross at any time, and therefore no paradox. In 'my' panentheism God is the unuiversal mind, and since I am a small part of that mind the boundry gets fuzzy.