Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: May 11, 2021 01:12PM
I started the topic because I didn't understand how SC could think the biosphere of the earth could come from the stars yet claim Pantheism. I assume the below definition is what he claimed and not a belief in all gods.
pan·the·ism
/ˈpanTHēˌizəm/
noun
1.
a doctrine which identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
And his use of Carl Sagan for his God really really irritates me. My problem.
For someone who claims to believe to identify God with the universe how would an origin of life on this pale blue dot matter so much? I get his looking for his God in Dark Matter. I get that he is scientistic in his search for truth.
I thought he was touting Naturalistic Pantheism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_pantheism#:~:text=Naturalistic%20pantheism%2C%20also%20known%20as,of%20all%20unified%20natural%20phenomena.
But alas, no. He seems to have found a true religion in the stars and like any true believer needs an origin story for his pantheon of other people's ideas. So I posted as much. His scientistic tendencies override all else for him I think. It is a religion that requires evangelizing to help him feel the spirit of his beleifs. And all the sacred cows are fair game. My sacred cow - Sagan's agnosticism - seems to be a central doctrine for his religion.
And so I engaged with him in a thread that he claims was abusive. It wasn't. So thanks for your thread.