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Jhaan ♂️ [12957912] [2010-02-09 11:52:08 +0000 UTC] "Pantheist" (Australia)

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Ok. So I've been thinking over the past year or so that my view of God as an eternal, omnipresent, omni-everything else and personal i.e. a god which is able too love, to think etc, a typical Christian, Judaic and monotheistic view, is a bit iffy. I've been thinking something is wrong, that that view of god, for want of a better word, just doesn't fit for me any more. I started thinking about what god was to me, if there was a god at all, if it had a direct influence on me and my actions and if it did, was I happy with that.

So I started researching other religions and philosophies. Didn't really like the sound of the major ones e.g. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism etc. However I did like the sound of the more spiritual philosophies as opposed to religions e.g. Unitarian Universalism. But even that wasn't perfect because it was too loose and seemed more like a collection of beliefs as opposed to one singular belief.

Then I started thinking about God and my concept of God. Was he/she/it personal? Was it real? Was I just going to give up on this whole spiritual thing I was on? Then a thought crept into my head and it sounded good. What if God was existence? What if God was every atom and every bit of energy in the Universe? What if God was the universe? It was an awesome thought and I really liked that idea. But of course that just brought up more questions. What about the soul? What about animals and plants? So many questions flying around in my head, some of which I still haven't and don't think I ever will or be able to, answer. It was a year of theological and spiritual questions for me, and something I think I've finally finished.

I happened upon something the other day whilst “surfin' the net”. It was a theological and spiritual view on god, and the universe in general, called Pantheism. Pantheism states that God is the Universe. I was like “WOW”. That explains perfectly what I've been thinking. I was wrapped that I had figured out that the way I was thinking actually had a name and that it was an accepted theory on existence. It just seemed to justify that year of searching.

But of course, knowing me, I had more questions. So after about a week of thinking, and this is likely going to change in the future, I think I've come to the end of my spiritual journey and figured out my spiritual identity. I am a Pantheist but with a twist. Pantheism states that the Universe, which is God, is not personal and cannot make decisions. But I disagree. I say that the Universe/God is personal and can make decisions but just because it is personal does not mean it is an entity. I suppose that then falls into the realm of Fate, something that I've always dismissed, but now I suppose that I accept.