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Hey friends. I feel like there is a God, a creator of the universe but I think that religions are just concepts that our very limited ape minds came up with to explain what a being like this could be like. I think the universe itself might be God and that we are to it, what cells and micro-organisms are to the human body.

Any books that go into ideas similar to this?

>> No.16791504

>>16791426
>I think...
That's where you're wrong. The Holy Bible tells it as it is.

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>>16791426

>> No.16791551

>>16791504
the holy bible was written by people who "thought" too, or do you believe in magic and wizard spells too?

>> No.16791556

>>16791426
Congrats, you're a pseudo-orientalist midwit born about 60 years too late.

>> No.16791559

>>16791504
Wow so the Jews are the Chosen People destined to rule the goyim from Zion and Jesus told me to be a weak cuck who loves his enemies and turns the other cheek. This is truly the greatest and most profound of truths.

>> No.16791573

>>16791426
Spinoza

>> No.16791610

>>16791573
He will misinterpret Spinoza

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welcome to pantheism

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>>16791556
Why even bother commenting this?
>>16791573
He's the "everything is God" guy, right? Are his writings very Christian in nature or more agnostic? Which of his books would be best to start with?
>>16791610
An interpretation is just that. There are no right or wrong interpretations. We could both look at a painting and think something completely different, that doesn't make either of us wrong. It would be quite arrogant to pretend otherwise.

>> No.16791668

>>16791639
Deleuze’s book on him

>> No.16791696

>>16791639
>An interpretation is just that. There are no right or wrong interpretations.
Holy fucking based

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>>16791639
>We could both look at a painting and think something completely different, that doesn't make either of us wrong.
Actually we're both wrong. The painting is meaningless.

>> No.16793269

>>16791426
Unitarian universalism does

>> No.16793429

>>16791559
>Jews are the Chosen People
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
>weak cuck
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.(mark 12:31), show me where he says "become a slave,"
You can hold a sword and never swing it, you can threaten with a gun and never shoot it, you can go to battle with only a shield

you distinguish yourself when you show mercy to your enemies

>> No.16794660

>>16791426
The transcendental unity of religions by Schuon.

Religions are like the languages God has given humanity to try and connect with Them. Yes the universe is (an emanation from) God, but God is not limited to the Universe. This is called panentheism.

What you outlined sounds more like straight pantheism. This is close to Spinoza. Most systems of thought seem more panentheistic though at the esoteric level imo.

I'd also say Bhagavad Gita and Dao de Jing maybe. They're short, fundamental texts that deal with these ideas.