Ron to MP: Pantheism (Greek: ??? ( 'pan' ) = all and ???? ( 'theos' ) = God, it literally means "God is All" and "All is God") is the view that everything is part of an all-encompassing immanent abstract God; or that the Universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. More detailed definitions tend to emphasize the idea that natural law, existence, and the Universe (the sum total of all that is, was, and shall be) is represented in the theological principle of an abstract 'god' rather than a personal, creative deity or deities of any kind. This is the key feature which distinguishes them from panentheists and pandeists. As such, although many religions may claim to hold pantheistic elements, they are more commonly panentheistic or pandeistic in nature.
Andre: Hi Ron, MP and All Pirsig's theory can be said to be pan-experiential, the experience referred to by 'immediate experience' which applies to any entity (be it sub-atomic particle, plant, worm, human being, etc,) that is *derived from* immediate experience.(The Role of..etc McWatt Jan 1999). For what it's worth. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
