word | pantheism |
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definition | A system of belief that regards God as identical with the forces and laws of the universe. |
eg_sentence | Most of her students seemed to accept a vague kind of pantheism, without any real belief that God had ever appeared in human form. |
explanation | Pantheistic ideas—and most importantly the belief that God is equal to the universe, its physical matter, and the forces that govern it—are found in the ancient books of Hinduism, in the works of many Greek philosophers, and in later works of philosophy and religion over the centuries. Much modern New Age spirituality is pantheistic. But most Christian thinkers reject pantheism because it makes God too impersonal, doesn't allow for any difference between the creation and the creator, and doesn't seem to allow for humans to make meaningful moral choices. |
IPA | pantheism* |
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