The position of Classical Theism is this so called "God" is "beingness" and not a being.
Thus classical theism is an abstract philosophical position and has nothing to do with any religion. Welcome to God 2.0 http://www.rationalskepticism.org/general-faith/quantum-flap doodle-and-god-2-0-t17702.html http://www.rationalskepticism.org/general-faith/quantum-flapdoodle-and-god-2-0-t17702.html --- Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/michael-shermer/ deepak-chopras-god-20 > > LINK > > Deepak Chopra's God 2.0 > The "quantum flapdoodle" of the New Age author is a failed > effort to update medieval theology. > Chopra's New Age theology is essentially an updating > of this medieval scheme, with ample borrowings from > the vocabulary of particle physics. This upgrade from > God 1.0 to God 2.0 can be summarized in the following > chart (inspired by my friend and colleague Stephen > Beckner): > > God 1.0 > 1. omnipresent > 2. fully man/fully God > 3. miracle > 4. leap of faith > 5. transubstantiation > 6. Council of Rome > 7. supernatural forces > 8. heaven > 9. hell > 10. eternity > 11. prayer > 12. the Godhead > 13. the Trinity > 14. orgiveness of sin > 15. virgin birth > 16. resurrection > > God 2.0 > 1. non-local > 2. wave/particle duality > 3. wave-function collapse > 4. quantum leap > 5. Heisenberg uncertainty principle > 6. Copenhagen interpretation > 7. anti-matter > 8. dark energy > 9. dark matter > 10. space/time continuum > 11. quantum entanglement > 12. general relativity > 13. special relativity > 14. quantum erasure > 15. quantum decoherence > 16. virtual reality > --- emptybill <emptybill@...> wrote: > > Willy The paragraph saying - "If we were able to unite with the essence of God, we too would become gods in essence. In other words everything would become a god, and there would be confusion so that, nothing would be essentially a god. In a few words, this is what they believe in the Oriental religions, e.g. in Hinduism, where the god is not a personal existence but an indistinct power dispersed through all the world, in men, in animals, and in objects (Pantheism). " This is a typical Semitic Monotheistic misunderstanding of the "Orientals". It is just as prevalent in Orthodoxy as in RC/Protestant theology - only is uses/misuses Western philosophic terminology (i.e. "pantheism"). Since the creature/Creator distinction is paramount, it is the backdrop of every discussion about theosis. The point of the discussion is the doctrine of Theosis and how/why it is the original Christian theological formulation.
