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Re: Taxonomy of supernatural beings

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Thursday, September 19, 2002, 5:09
In a message dated 09/18/2002 09.20.06 AM, pkroser@EXECPC.COM writes:

>I wouldn't consider this monotheism - my understanding of Hinduism >is that it encompasses the belief in many gods, as well as the >belief that all things are a part of one transcendent god (which >could as easily be written God in this case), so I would think that >this qualified as a variety of polytheism instead?
Panentheism, not polytheism. €º°`°º€ø,¸¸,ø€º°`°º€ø,¸¸,ø€º°`°º€ø,¸¸,ø€º°`°º€ø,¸¸,ø€º°`°º€€º°`°º€ø,¸~-> Hanuman Zhang, 3-Toed-Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist ;) "the sloth is a chinese poet upsidedown" --- Jack Kerouac {1922-69} -------------------------------------------------- "There is no reason for the poet to be limited to words, and in fact the poet is most poetic when inventing languages. Hence the concept of the poet as 'language designer'." --- O. B. Hardison, Jr. "La poésie date d' aujour d'hui." (Poetry dates from today) "La poésie est en jeu." (Poetry is in play) --- Blaise Cendrars "...Poetry is perhaps the only insurance we've got against the vulgarity of the human heart..." ~ Joseph Brodsky