Panthesim is META-theism, META meaning: beyond, outside and above ordinary theism. A Pantheist views the Omniverse as a spiritual unity, which could be equated to the idea of the one theistic god but is better understood beyond and above the ordinary accepted understanding of theism.
Some similarities could be drawn between the Omniverse and the Theistic God, as follows:
- The Omniverse creates
- The Omniverse is greater than our universe
- The Omniverse is infinite
- The Omniverse is eternal
- Since it is infinite and eternal and all there is, it is also all powerful
- The Omniverse is considered as the divine, one, all that there is
- The Omniverse may have preceded some local universes
Now that we’ve seen the similarities, let’s consider the differences. The Omniverse is not something that:
- preceded the Omniverse -> It was always there
- exists outside the Omniverse
- extends outside the Omniverse
- greater than the Omniverse -> it does not transcend itself
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