Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper+Jul 22 2004, 09:00 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DoubleMeatWhopper @ Jul 22 2004, 09:00 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-GottaBigOne@Jul 21 2004, 02:29 AM
I just read up on it though and Pantheism is more the belief that the natural world is the only thing worthy of worship, like we should revere the beauty of the universe so I was mistaken. I had origianlly thought it also included those that were merely spiritual and believed in an ambiguous higher power, but I think it does not include any supernatural beings.
Pantheism as observed in many congregations does indeed believe in 'supernatural beings'. (See my above post.) They revere a god, but the goddess is a more powerful force. The Pantheistic Congregations of America considers Pantheism to be a modern pagan religion. They finally realise that Wicca does not, in fact, have the unbroken three millennia-old tradition that they formerly touted, but is a nature religion concocted in relatively recent times.
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Main Entry: pan·the·ism
Pronunciation: 'pan(t)-thE-"i-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: French panthéisme, from panthéiste pantheist, from English pantheist, from pan- + Greek theos god
Date: 1732
1 : a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe
2 : the worship of all gods of different creeds, cults, or peoples indifferently; also : toleration of worship of all gods (as at certain periods of the Roman empire)
- pan·the·ist /-thE-ist/ noun
- pan·the·is·tic /"pan(t)-thE-'is-tik/ also pan.the.is.ti.cal adjective
- pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
http://www.wicca.com/celtic/wicca/wicca.htm
I originally had an extremely long respose to this but I think the definition and the link will suffice and give some clarity.