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Originally Posted by pianoperformer  I certainly don't accept the sort of Pantheist belief you seem to be writing about. |
Ooooh, "pantheist" - such a big word.
Let's put it more simply. If you meet ALG in an Internet forum, you get one kind of impression of what kind of person he is.
If you meet ALG at a party, you get a 2nd kind of impression of what kind of person he is.
If you see ALG at home playing bricks with his little kids, you get a 3rd kind of impression of what kind of person he is.
If you meet ALG attending a meeting in the corporate boardroom, you get yet another impression of what kind of person he is.
Now, the more complex and multi-faceted a person ALG is, the more different impressions you would get, if you see him in different places and settings.
And what could be more complex & mutli-faceted than God itself?
Whether one believes that there are MANY gods, or only one god, may be nothing more than the number of different places and settings which one has observed God/Gods to be at work.
In Christianity ALONE, there are several versions of God. One version is the vengeful, angry one which would smite entire cities; turn people into salt; send locusts and plagues; turn rivers into blood; prescribe death for adultery. And another version is the all-loving, compassionate, ever-forgiving, "You've got a Friend in Jesus" version of God.
It's the same guy? Really? Wow ....