Panenthiest?
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2012 2:11:56 pm PDT #18483 of 30001
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§ ita § - Aug 17, 2012 2:15:47 pm PDT #18484 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Panentheism is a belief system which posits that the divine exists (be it a monotheistic God, polytheistic gods, or an eternal cosmic animating force), interpenetrates every part of nature and timelessly extends beyond it. Panentheism differentiates itself from pantheism, which holds that the divine is synonymous with the universe.
In panentheism, the universe in the first formulation is practically the whole itself. In the second formulation, the universe and the divine are not ontologically equivalent. In panentheism, God is viewed as the eternal animating force behind the universe. Some versions suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifest part of God. In some forms of panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos. While pantheism asserts that 'All is God', panentheism goes further to claim that God is greater than the universe. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God
Uh, I have no idea?
DebetEsse - Aug 17, 2012 2:20:23 pm PDT #18485 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't see that addressing the issue of Thor.
Amy - Aug 17, 2012 2:21:52 pm PDT #18486 of 30001
Because books.
It could be agnosticism. You don't believe in a god(s) but you don't disbelieve either (and don't worship).
Tom Scola - Aug 17, 2012 2:22:28 pm PDT #18487 of 30001
hwæt
616-ism.
billytea - Aug 17, 2012 2:24:05 pm PDT #18488 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What's the term to describe someone who believes there is one (or are many) god(s), but doesn't worship?
In Australia, the term would be "Anglican".
Zenkitty - Aug 17, 2012 2:27:29 pm PDT #18489 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wouldn't "polytheist" do it? It simply acknowledges that there are lots of gods; it doesn't mean you're worshiping or paying homage to any of them.
DebetEsse - Aug 17, 2012 2:28:47 pm PDT #18490 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
apatheistic (I totally just made that up)
§ ita § - Aug 17, 2012 2:35:35 pm PDT #18491 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't believe in a god(s) but you don't disbelieve either (and don't worship).
No, you do believe they exist. You just don't prostrate yourself to them. They might have created the world and all that stuff, but you don't supplicate for forgiveness or a better life or anything. Though they could intervene if you did.
The wikipedia definition of both monotheism and polytheism incorporates worship, which is the element I am removing.
It's also a consideration, I've been told, in some sects of Buddhism--some Buddhists think there's a creator, they just don't care to ask for stuff or show especial respect or anything.
Consuela - Aug 17, 2012 2:39:00 pm PDT #18492 of 30001
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Hello Buffistas!
Guess where I slept last night! Here: [link]
And it was kind of awesome. I hadn't meant to be there, but I was in Santa Barbara for work, and then we had a site visit (check out the photos, so awesome and gorgeous), and it ran ridiculously long, and then it was 6 PM and I'd only gotten as far as Lompoc. So I called ahead (yay for cellphones) and got a room at the Madonna Inn.
And the room was great and so was the steak and the hot tub, although the steak was ridiculously overpriced. But the wine pours are 8oz, so that kind of made up for it.
Some day I'll go back when I don't have to be back on the road at 8AM...