Helmut, List: Theism (classical or otherwise) and panentheism are two different and mutually exclusive philosophical/metaphysical conceptions of God. Christianity is a religion that *traditionally *affirms classical theism--as do other religions, including Judaism and Islam--but some (including Gary R.) suggest that it is also compatible with panentheism. Nevertheless, Peirce explicitly and repeatedly affirmed theism (which Gary R. acknowledges), including the classical definition of God as *Ens necessarium*; and as I have explained before ...
- Peirce prepared the entry for "immanent" in *The Century Dictionary*, which includes the statement, "The doctrine of an immanent deity does not necessarily imply that the world, or the soul of the world, is God, but only that it either is or is in God." - Pantheism is the doctrine that the world or its soul *is *God, while panentheism is the doctrine that the world or its soul *is in* God. - Peirce referred to "One Incomprehensible but Personal God, not immanent in but creating the universe" (CP 5.496, EP 2:421, 1907), and likewise emphatically denied that God is "immanent in Nature" or "immanent in the Universes" in four different manuscript drafts for "A Neglected Argument" (R 843, 1908). - Therefore, Peirce plainly rejected both pantheism and panentheism. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt / twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 10:43 AM Helmut Raulien <[email protected]> wrote: > suppsupppsupplement: This classificational thing is becoming complicated, > but before I lose mental control, I am, with my last residue of overlook, > able to utter a last conclusion: With this whole figure, to say, that > Peirce was a theist, and not a panentheist, only works if: > -- Panentheism is a kind of theism, > -- The term "Panentheism", or the concept, existed at Peirce´s time, > -- Peirce was aware of this term or concept, and did not approve of it. > Supp-supplement: Ok, classical theism, claiming, that God is unchanging > and unaffected, is not something, christianity can be subsumed under, but > merely has an influence on christianity and other religions. So, Jon, you > are right, of course. Sorry! > Supplement: I have googled, and found, that christianity is a kind of > theism. Ok, the other way, my post could have been wrong, is, that I was > thinking, that panentheism would not be a kind of theism, but maybe it is. > This way, panentheism may be compatible with christianity, but not with > some other kinds of theism, like, as you wrote, "classical theism", of > which I don´t know, what that is. > Jon, List, > > well, I had thought, that christianity is a kind of theism. So it is not, > so I am sorry for my post. > > Best regards, Helmut >
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