121. A New Story About Panentheism
What does panentheism mean? Said very simply, a panentheistic God, and the universe He made, is one.
My story of this God and universe begins in Greece with Anaxagoras in 500 B.C..When I expand this fact, I sat that in his Parmenides Dialogue, Plato confirms the oneness of God and his universe. In his Sophistic Dialogue at 257b, Plato also says that God is one and infinite and that all things in the universe are finite.
The story of panentheism grows when I studied the teachings of Jesus. But his panentheistic teachings were rejected by the Jews and led to Jesus' death. However, in the 1st century, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus were saved in the New Testament. But in the 2nd century, Jesus' panentheistic teachings were removed from Christianity by Bishop Irenaeus. Although Islam accepted Jesus, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus will not be found in the Qur'an.
In the 15th century, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus appears in a book, On Learned Ignorance, by Nicholas of Cusa. When we learn that God is perfect, we learn that we cannot know everything about God and the universe. And, we must learn how to live with unknowns forever. Cusa also learned that the universe is a 'continuum.' This means that the universe has no end. In his book on, The Secret of the Universe, Johannes Kepler shows us that our planetary system is geometrical. So, Isaac Newton's mechanical world can not define panentheism. At Kepler's time, Galileo had become a scientist with his new book on, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. In the universe, Galileo says that all bodies have an infinite number of indivisible parts. It is clear that Galileo became a panentheistic scientist.
In the early years of the 18th century, Gottfried Leibniz, a philosopher and mathematician, developed panentheism in great detail. See book on Leibniz (Philosophical Writings). Out of Leibniz's work came the mathematical calculus. But I say that panentheism also came out of Leibniz. Based on Leibniz's panentheism, I say that the USA was founded by Leibniz's panentheism, through Ben Franklin. When the colonists rejected the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766 and the Declaratory Act passed, Ben went on a long journey through Germany and became an elected member of the Royal Society of Sciences at Gottingen. Ben's trip to Germany brought Leibniz's panentheism to the USA. In ten years, the USA would be founded on July 4, 1776.
My story of this God and universe begins in Greece with Anaxagoras in 500 B.C..When I expand this fact, I sat that in his Parmenides Dialogue, Plato confirms the oneness of God and his universe. In his Sophistic Dialogue at 257b, Plato also says that God is one and infinite and that all things in the universe are finite.
The story of panentheism grows when I studied the teachings of Jesus. But his panentheistic teachings were rejected by the Jews and led to Jesus' death. However, in the 1st century, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus were saved in the New Testament. But in the 2nd century, Jesus' panentheistic teachings were removed from Christianity by Bishop Irenaeus. Although Islam accepted Jesus, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus will not be found in the Qur'an.
In the 15th century, the panentheistic teachings of Jesus appears in a book, On Learned Ignorance, by Nicholas of Cusa. When we learn that God is perfect, we learn that we cannot know everything about God and the universe. And, we must learn how to live with unknowns forever. Cusa also learned that the universe is a 'continuum.' This means that the universe has no end. In his book on, The Secret of the Universe, Johannes Kepler shows us that our planetary system is geometrical. So, Isaac Newton's mechanical world can not define panentheism. At Kepler's time, Galileo had become a scientist with his new book on, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. In the universe, Galileo says that all bodies have an infinite number of indivisible parts. It is clear that Galileo became a panentheistic scientist.
In the early years of the 18th century, Gottfried Leibniz, a philosopher and mathematician, developed panentheism in great detail. See book on Leibniz (Philosophical Writings). Out of Leibniz's work came the mathematical calculus. But I say that panentheism also came out of Leibniz. Based on Leibniz's panentheism, I say that the USA was founded by Leibniz's panentheism, through Ben Franklin. When the colonists rejected the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766 and the Declaratory Act passed, Ben went on a long journey through Germany and became an elected member of the Royal Society of Sciences at Gottingen. Ben's trip to Germany brought Leibniz's panentheism to the USA. In ten years, the USA would be founded on July 4, 1776.
posted by George Shollenberger @ 1:50 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:25 PM,
Why do you believe in God? said…
I agree, there are many unknowns in the universe. May try to say that we have proof of God or proof that there is no God, but a reasonable argument can be made for many different things. We may never have concrete proof of anything.
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