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* [[Diane Ackerman]] (b. 1948)
* [[Diane Ackerman]] (b. 1948)
* [[Ansel Adams]] (1902&ndash;1984) <ref>"We are now sufficiently advanced to consider resources other than materialistic, but they are tenuous, intangible, and vulnerable to misapplication. They are, in fact, the symbols of spiritual life -- a vast impersonal pantheism -- transcending the confused myths and prescriptions that are presumed to clarify ethical and moral conduct. The clear realities of nature seen with the inner eye of the spirit reveal the ultimate echo of God...." - {{cite book |title= My Camera in the National Parks |last= Adams |first= Ansel |authorlink= Ansel Adams |year= 1950 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin |location= Boston |pages= 97 |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n5_v27/ai_19701018/?tag=untagged |accessdate= June 30th 2009}}</ref>
* [[Ansel Adams]] (1902&ndash;1984) <ref>"We are now sufficiently advanced to consider resources other than materialistic, but they are tenuous, intangible, and vulnerable to misapplication. They are, in fact, the symbols of spiritual life -- a vast impersonal pantheism -- transcending the confused myths and prescriptions that are presumed to clarify ethical and moral conduct. The clear realities of nature seen with the inner eye of the spirit reveal the ultimate echo of God...." - {{cite book |title= My Camera in the National Parks |last= Adams |first= Ansel |authorlink= Ansel Adams |year= 1950 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin |location= Boston |pages= 97 |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n5_v27/ai_19701018/?tag=untagged |accessdate= June 30th 2009}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Atwood]] (b. 1939) <ref>Biblical version, see Genesis: God created the heaven and the earth --- out of nothing, we presume. Or else: out of God, since there was nothing else around that God could use as substance.
* [[Margaret Atwood]] (b. 1939)

Big Bang theory: says much the same, without using the word "God." That is: once there was nothing, or else "a singularity." Then Poof. Big Bang. Result: the universe.

So since the universe can't be made of anything else, it must be made of singularity-stuff, or God-stuff --- whatever term you wish to employ. Whether this God-stuff was a thought form such as a series of mathematical formulae, an energy form, or some sort of extremely condensed cosmic plasma, is open to discussion.

Therefore everything has "God" in it."

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* [[Marcus Aurelius]] (121&ndash;180)
* [[Marcus Aurelius]] (121&ndash;180)
* [[John Burroughs]] (1837&ndash;1921)
* [[John Burroughs]] (1837&ndash;1921)

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Pantheists

People with Pantheistic Beliefs

See also

Resources

References

  1. ^ "As an unabashed pantheist I am naturally a full-blooded transubstantiationist, knowing full well that the ground wheat of bread and crushed grapes of wine are the body and blood of Christ, the Anointed One, or olive-oiled man who is so slippery that he has no hangups." - Watts, Alan (2007). In My Own Way: An Autobiography. New World Library. p. 72. ISBN 978-1577315841. Retrieved June 30th 2009. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  2. ^ "We are now sufficiently advanced to consider resources other than materialistic, but they are tenuous, intangible, and vulnerable to misapplication. They are, in fact, the symbols of spiritual life -- a vast impersonal pantheism -- transcending the confused myths and prescriptions that are presumed to clarify ethical and moral conduct. The clear realities of nature seen with the inner eye of the spirit reveal the ultimate echo of God...." - Adams, Ansel (1950). My Camera in the National Parks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 97. Retrieved June 30th 2009. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ Biblical version, see Genesis: God created the heaven and the earth --- out of nothing, we presume. Or else: out of God, since there was nothing else around that God could use as substance. Big Bang theory: says much the same, without using the word "God." That is: once there was nothing, or else "a singularity." Then Poof. Big Bang. Result: the universe. So since the universe can't be made of anything else, it must be made of singularity-stuff, or God-stuff --- whatever term you wish to employ. Whether this God-stuff was a thought form such as a series of mathematical formulae, an energy form, or some sort of extremely condensed cosmic plasma, is open to discussion. Therefore everything has "God" in it." Atwood, Margaret. "Author Profile: Margaret Atwood". Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  4. ^ "The closest word I’ve found to describe [my] belief system is Pantheism, but I could also call myself an agnostic (because I don’t claim to know if my own conception of divinity is ultimately true) or an atheist (because I believe that religions based around personified deities are definitely not true)." — The Universe According to Lynx (June 30, 2007), Soundtrack for Insurrection, circlealpha.com. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza
  6. ^ a b http://radicalacademy.com/amphilosophy4a.htm Article on American Transdendentalism
  7. ^ http://home.utm.net/pan/einstein.html - Article on Einstein. retrieved 9 June 2008
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