Panentheism views God as both apart from us and intimately part of us. But the transcendent God is more than a man writ large; the immanent God is more than a wisp of smoke.
Continue readingThe gods of the Greek and Roman pantheon were very much like the “God” depicted in Job. They were subject to the same emotions as human beings; the same anger, the same vanity, the same jealousy. And they dispensed prosperity and calamity on humanity on the same sort of whim as “God” does with Job
Continue readingTheos. God. No gender. No lightning. No white robe. No white hair. No limit.
Continue reading“All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop” – Kabir, fifteenth century Hindu mystic. All metaphors are imperfect. Our culture, our experience and our scientific knowledge all change, which means that our interpretation has to change as well.
Continue readingThose who claim there are many paths to God are wrong. So are those who claim there’s only one.
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