Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7420
Title: Spinozistic Pantheism, the Environment and Christianity
Contributor(s): Forrest, Peter  (author)
Publication Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11841-010-0220-6
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7420
Abstract: I am not a pantheist and I don't believe that pantheism is consistent with Christianity. My preferred speculation is what I call the Swiss Cheese theory: we and our artefacts are the holes in God, the only Godless parts of reality. In this paper, I begin by considering a world rather like ours but without any beings capable of sin. Ignoring extraterrestrials and angels we could consider the world, say, 5 million years ago. Pantheism was, I say, true at that time. That is my qualified endorsement of pantheism. I then use the Sin premise, namely that we are capable of sinning, to argue that beings like us are not parts of God and I examine some consequences.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Sophia, 49(4), p. 464-473
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Place of Publication: Netherlands
ISSN: 1873-930X
0038-1527
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 220315 Philosophy of Religion
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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