Is it possible to believe in divinity without believing in a god? Is there another word that more accurately describes this sensation?
I have recently started calling myself a freethinker or Spinozist instead of a pantheist because of the new age woo that gets associated with it. Words are just symbols we try to convey ideas with. Often the words I use depend on who I am talking to. Recently I gave a short talk in which I freely used the phrases 'Higher power' and 'God of my understanding'. My audience was familiar with these terms and it wasn't necessary for me to explain that I was talking about Nature when I used these terms, because that didn't have much to do with the point I was trying to make.
lol. sorry, I didn't see that it was a link. I thought it was a question.
If you're a pantheist, you believe in a divinity that is spread throughout the entire Universe, rather than personified in an individual figure.
Pantheism is the idea that the Universe is God.
Right. And I don't beiieve in gods. I'm an atheist. But I believe that (nearly) all of the Universe is sacred. Weapons of war aren't. Torture implements aren't. But everything else.
Pantheism? Not sure. That's my best guess.
Yeah, if you read the rest of my blog post on WordPress I mention that pantheism is the closest concept I can come up with but it doesn't really fit with my agnosticism.
I'm not a pantheist, because I don't believe in divinity. I DO, however, consider the Universe to be Sacred. That's a value judgment--an opinion, rather than a claim about the inherent nature of the Universe.
Yes, the idea that all things are sacred basically means nothing is sacred. Unless, of course, you subscribe to a selfish view that elevates yourself (or your group) above other things. This would also mean that a lack of proof is as valuable as presence of proof. I don't understand why belief in the scientific method presupposes a belief that the unproven or intangible also exists.
@Atheopagan -- Sounds like pantheism to me.
11Novelist: I simply disagree.
TommyMeador: But it isn't. There is a concept of divinity in pantheism, and I don't believe in divinity.