January 2010 Pantheist Vision - Pantheism: A Religious Vision for Humanists by Devin Carroll

Pantheist Vision January 2010 - featuring Pantheism: A Religious Vision for Humanists by Devin Carroll In this Issue: Pantheism: A Religious Vision for Humanists by Devin Carrol On a Personal Method of Experiencing Nature by Derham Giuliani What Pantheism Means to Me by Members of the Society Pantheist Viewpoints (misc. author quotes) Announcing our Ning Network Excerpt: Many Humanists are uncomfortable using religious vocabulary such as God or divine to denote ideas that have nothing to do with miracles or the supernatural. Their worry is that these words will be misunderstood and encourage ideas that are unscientific and therefore anathema to naturalistic humanism. However, if we automatically reject any philosophies that use religious terminology, we will unnecessarily lose communion with people who are in fundamental agreement with our own humanism. Consider Albert Einstein, who said that he believed in Spinoza’s God. Should we reject Einstein as a humanist because of that?