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 Atheists only: please select which type of theist you be be if you had to be one. (9)

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Atheists only: please select which type of theist you be be if you had to be one.

Please make your selection from this article on theism from Wikipedia. 

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Pantheism: The belief that the physical universe is equivalent to a god or gods, and that there is no division between a Creator and the substance of its creation

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Definitely pantheism, simply because I find it the most believable. Not to mention, that means there's not someone looking down on us and judging us, not in my mind at least. It kind of makes me think of how a cell will multiply to make itself more advanced, I would think the universe just advanced itself until it got to where we are today.

Sitara(11080) Disputed
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Oh, okay. I can understand the temptation to believe that.

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I suppose I'm sort of a pantheist now, I really don't see a huge distinction between atheism and pantheism. It seems to be mostly a matter of semantics.

The Universe contains all knowledge: Omniscience

The Universe is everywhere at all times: Omnipresence

The Universe is the most powerful thing there is: Omnipotence

Stars which are billions of light years away contain the same basic building blocks that life is made up of. At some point a star went super Novae and scattered the ingredients of life throughout our galaxy, which eventually over billions of years lead to human life.

We are a part of the Universe, but it too, is a part of us.

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I would be a polytheist as it would best explain the messed up world we live in.

Sitara(11080) Clarified
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Besides the messed up world, what about polytheism appeals to you?

BlackSheep(203) Clarified
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I do not believe things because they appeal to me. I believe things because the evidence points that way.

Pandeism. The belief that a God created the universe, then became part of it and had no further intervention with the universe.

Seem relatively logical from my perspective, it's definitely possible, and would explain many problems that Science cannot currently answer. Further, I just like it's simplicity, it's just seems very nice, if you know what I mean?

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Maltheistic, because god is surely omnimalicious, be Him anything.

Deism. Either that or pantheism, but I don't like the idea that the universe is God, seems slightly too religious for me. At least with Deism, we can have science work unhindered by religion.

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Panendeism. Belief that God created the Universe but now the Universe is a part of him.

It would be consistent with some existing scriptures on most religion, while showing that maybe the religions are wrong but on the right track.

Also, the Universe itself is known to possibly have a beginning, and while I like Pantheism, it seems to suggest that Universe is as far as it goes.

So Panendeism is more consistent with the physical laws and adds a philosophical/theistic twist. That the Universe and it's glory is simply a part of something far more amazing.