APOLOGETICS
What is absolute pantheism
teaches that only one being exists in the world. That being is God. Everything else that appears to exist, in reality, does not. Everything else is an elaborate illusion. Creation does not exist. Only God exists
What is emanational pantheism
teaches that all life springs from God similar to how a flower grows and blooms from a seed
What is developmental pantheism
His view sees human history as a magnificent progression, with God self-unfolding in the temporal world by Absolute Spirit.
What is Modal pantheism
He contended that only one absolute substance exists in which all finite things are mere modes or moments
What is Multilevel pantheism
His view saw God manifested in levels with the highest being Absolute One, and lower levels revealing God in ever increasing multiplicity.
What is Permeational pantheism
God penetrates all things, similar to "the Force" in the Star Wars movies.
What does Christianity say
Christianity says that God created everything, not that he is everything or that everything is God.
What is pantheism
the idea that all of reality actually is (god) Hinduism is an example of a pantheistic religion. Pantheism makes no distinction between god and nature. The entire physical universe is a manifestation of god
What does pantheism reject
Pantheism rejects the idea that God is a being, and it rejects God’s immanence, His personhood, and His transcendence. God is a being (God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit) that is above, beyond, and the Creator of the universe
when pantheists say that “God is everything and everything is God". What does that mean?
this is meant to capture that idea that God does not transcend the world
What are some religions that share pantheistic views?
Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Deism Henotheism, Hindusim, and several New Age religions, also the worldview of Unity, Christian Science, and Scientology.
What are some bible passages that Christian misused to make pantheism fit into Christianity?
Psalm 139:7-12
Jeremiah 23:23-24
What are some bible passages that are commands against Idolotry?
Rom 1:25
Isaiah 45:20
Isaiah 44:9-20
Leviticus 26:1
What are some Bible passages that show that God is a person and that the trinity is unique?
Matthew 3:16-17
John 14:16-17
Corinthians 13:14
Acts 2:32-33
John 10:30
1 Peter 1:2