Why Be an Atheist Rather Than a Pantheist?
I keep coming back to this question. Richard Dawkins, in his book The God Delusion, says that pantheism is just “sexed-up atheism” (p.40).I have never been able to grasp why someone who believes this...
View ArticleThe Dawkins Scale
The blog Unreasonable Faith asked where readers are on the Dawkins Scale (the image describing the scale is from a post on the blog Deity Schmeity):I just finished teaching a class on the first half of...
View ArticleAtheism, Language, and Theology
As a follow-up to my post from earlier today about atheism and the meaning of “god” I thought I would offer here some further thoughts that I also shared in comments on that post.If someone objects to...
View ArticleWhy Panentheism?
Here’s another answer to a question that I offered in a Facebook discussion, which I thought might be worth sharing here. It was an explanation of why I find the language of panentheism helpful.I don’t...
View ArticlePanentheism and Pantheism
I had someone ask me recently if I was a pantheist. I assume it was because of something that I wrote which had not been read carefully. The model of the divine that I find most resonates with me is...
View ArticleWhy Be an Atheist Rather Than a Pantheist?
I keep coming back to this question. Richard Dawkins, in his book The God Delusion, says that pantheism is just “sexed-up atheism” (p.40). I have never been able to grasp why someone who believes this...
View ArticleThe Dawkins Scale
The blog Unreasonable Faith asked where readers are on the Dawkins Scale (the image describing the scale is from a post on the blog Deity Schmeity): I just finished teaching a class on the first half...
View ArticleAtheism, Language, and Theology
As a follow-up to my post from earlier today about atheism and the meaning of “god” I thought I would offer here some further thoughts that I also shared in comments on that post. If someone objects to...
View ArticleWhy Panentheism?
Here’s another answer to a question that I offered in a Facebook discussion, which I thought might be worth sharing here. It was an explanation of why I find the language of panentheism helpful. I...
View ArticlePanentheism and Pantheism
I had someone ask me recently if I was a pantheist. I assume it was because of something that I wrote which had not been read carefully. The model of the divine that I find most resonates with me is...
View ArticleA Wrinkle in the Expanse
I finally got to see the movie version of A Wrinkle In Time recently, and it was interesting to have that experience coincide with watching the most recent episode of The Expanse. Madeleine L’Engle’s...
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