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Hmm....I would consider myself a panentheist....note that is not the same thing as a pantheist. A pantheist believes that the Universe is God. A pan-ENtheist believes that the Universe is PART of God, but that God ultimately transcends what we know about the universe.
My personal philosphy owes much to the Sufis and the various mystics of the major (and minor) religions, plus my own experiences with what I can only describe as Spiritual Love-Energy, a sort of Force (for you Star Wars fans) that pervades the Universe. I have felt it in my own life, and have seen enough outside conformation of its effects (including physical manifestations that affected people who were not aware of what I was going through) that I no longer doubt it intellectually despite my tendency towards being a skeptic. I don't believe in God because of the Bible or the Koran or any other Scripture. I believe in a Divine SOMETHING that includes but transcends the Universe because of my own experiences. Your mileage may vary, of course, and I realize that my experiences are difficult to put into words, and very difficult to understand if you have not had a similar experiences.
I've been trying to codify what I believe, and I suppose one way to put it is that I am a Pan-entheistic Ethical Hedonist.
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