Just posting my entry which mentioned my Pantheism reminded me of this one of yours.
I am essentially pantheist, but I also agree with Schopenhauer that "The chief objection I have to pantheism is that it says nothing. To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym for the word "world".".
That means I'm also very close to ignostic. I tend to talk about religion so little for this reason that people think me atheist.
On the other hand "god" and "world" have different direct connotations in English, and I would rather connote god than world in most circumstances.
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Date: 2007-01-05 03:45 pm (UTC)I am essentially pantheist, but I also agree with Schopenhauer that "The chief objection I have to pantheism is that it says nothing. To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym for the word "world".".
That means I'm also very close to ignostic. I tend to talk about religion so little for this reason that people think me atheist.
On the other hand "god" and "world" have different direct connotations in English, and I would rather connote god than world in most circumstances.