THE 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Panentheism, Pantheism, Kenosis

• School: St. John's University
• Department: THE - THEOLOGY
• Course: THE 1001
• Professor: Paul D.Molnar

Document Summary

Be(cid:272)ause (cid:272)(cid:396)eatio(cid:374) is a(cid:374) a(cid:272)t of god(cid:859)s f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373) He is not equal nor part of the world: to believe such would make the concept of god meaningless, for a god who needs the world is not the christian god. God does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)eed the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld i(cid:374) o(cid:396)de(cid:396) to e(cid:454)ist. C(cid:396)eatio(cid:374) is not a(cid:374) e(cid:373)a(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of god(cid:859)s lo(cid:448)e, (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:374) (cid:272)(cid:396)eatio(cid:374) (cid:449)ould be partly divine. Everything that exists outside of god is dependent on god. God is not compelled by anything, not even his own nature, to create. God is not dependent on creation to be who he is. Blurs the distinction between creator and creation. If world ceased to be, so would god: world and god are mutually conditioning. Makes reality and god dependent upon their point of view. Claim that it is not identifying god with the world and created with the purpose of denying pantheism: however, they end up identifying the world with god in their beliefs.