Recent content by treat2

Just going to throw in what I do know, and leave it to those that wish to draw a distinction between humans and all other animals, to debate. The driving force behind the continual redefinition of consciousness are the discoveries that we make, every few years, about the mental capabilities...

Einstein no more created a Philosophy used as a religion, virtually anyone else in the world. To discuss this thread, one needs to understand Sponoza. To discuss Spinoza, or Einstein, the best way to do it, it not via a reference book, but either spend a very long time in reading Spinoza's...

I gave several reasons for why one would be a Pantheist in a response to someone's post. You'll need to refer back to get my response. - T2

Last, first. There is no transcendental notion in Pantheism of "God" or anything else. It is not related to Hinduism. If anything it would be closer to Buddism, but that's an argument I really wouldn't like to make. The point is that there is no notion of anything transcendental. As I ahve...

True. I find the same misinformation, over and over again. Not surprising though. The answers to each of the mistakes are usually quite similar, as the subject is quite simple, as long as you know what a Pantheist is talking about. lol Nothing I said was a personal attack, I was careful...

On the first point, I know that my memory of whether Spinoza was a Jew or a Christian and which of the two groups he was persecuted by, is not present. I paid particular attention to it, as I used a phrase like "people of his own land", rather than say which group. If I did say which group...

I understand exactly what you are saying, G. I also understand why. I too, thought that Pantheists had a transcendental notion of "God". However, after going to any good Pantheist Site, you will find, just as I did, that your current understanding, (which is exactly the kind of...

Sorry, but you have redefined Pantheism. The Pantheist does not believe in what you call "spiritual". The Judeo-Christian notion of anything spiritual relates to "worship". Pantheists do not worship "God". When a Pantheist speaks of "religiion", "faith", and "divinity", it is NOT even...

The theme of what this thread is about, is Pantheism, and what understanding people have of it. Few people have a clue, because they are totally unaware of how the Pantheist has redefined English, and it is (if anything), a religion with few members. However, some of them have been quite...

100% WRONG. Sorry. 1) Pantheism came from Spinoza, who was raised with the Judeo-Christian idea of "God". 2) Patheists do not believe in "Spirits", "Souls", Animism, nor mysticism, nor invisiblity of a Divine Spirit, within anything! To understand what a Pantheist means by "DIVINITY"...

I was just reading a quote from Einstein yesterday, in a book about Patterns. He said, something like: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Well, that's why you're having a problem understanding "Spinoza's God" (Pantheism). Believe me, when I read an...

Nope. You do not understand Spinoza and Pantheism when you start talking about "spirits" and the "being" of an entity. You're totally misinterpretting Spinoza, when you begin speaking of his definition of "God" as a Spiritual being, or something divine, or something that is worshipped...

We can know what Einstein would say about it, because we can understand what he means by "Spinoza's God". As mentioned in my post just above this one, regardless of the circumstances, everything behaves according to the Laws of Nature that "govern" the behavior of everything, under any...

Garth, PantheistSpeak is a bit difficult to understand, but what is not, is Pantheism itself! Let's look again at what Einstein said (according to your post): "What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.” OK. The #1 thing to understand about...

OK. Here's something I can contribute to! LoL It's not just a "claim" that Einstein was Pantheist, it is a fact. At the conclusiojn of this post is Einstein's publically stated definition of "God". Below that, is a snippit from Spinoza's writings to give you very general idea of what...