• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    I don’t believe in a religion. I am a syncretic pantheist.

    “Syncretic” meaning that I don’t think any one religion or sect has a monopoly on divine truth, even if they are sincere and productive attempts. Refer to Rumi’s Elephant.

    “Pantheist” meaning that I think God = Universe. The laws of nature are God’s attributes. We are all literally one with God, everything that exists is.

    I believe these things because I exhausted basically every other reasonable metaphysical alternative.

    • Xaphanos@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      It’s only one more small step to atheism. By looking at how tortured the language you use is. And realizing that the effect is the same with less steps.