"Chad L"Date: Fri Apr 13, 2001 3:21 pm Subject: Re: [wpmflorida] Members's information on the wpmflorida web site... Hi Linda, Still trying to make contact... though I'm very busy, had a few unsuccessful tries in the chat room. I'm a 23 yr. old psychology major, philosophy minor at UF. I've been a pantheist since I was 17 (when I started studying philosophy). At any rate here's the reasons why I consider myself to be "pantheist": 1.) I have no belief in any defined God, nor do I know what "God" really means. 2.) I'm a firm believer in eternal (no beginning, no end) somethingness and eternal nothingness. Without something, there could be no no thing, and without no thing there could only be something that never moved. In short, "Ex Nihilo Nihil", from nothing comes nothing. (also fits nicely with law of conservation of energy/matter). 3.) I see an amazing amount of order amid seeming chaos. Our universe/environment appears to have common bonds and materials. 4.) Humans, human minds, and human hearts are the environment, but the environment is much more than humans. 5.) If there is any force that causes this order, then we are composed of that force, as it surrounds us all, forever. I do not care if this force as a whole is conscious on some basic level or not, but I do not care because I know that [I], composed of that force, am conscious on some level. 6.) I neither disbelieve nor believe things that I have not experienced or not reasoned. Most phenomenon, empirical or metaphysical, I categorize as either [probable] or [possible]. 7.) At moments I enjoy and savor all experiences of natural phenomenon, including life. However, most people would think it strange to get reminders of a "full-moon". (no offense, Linda, but I don't want to feel like I belong to the 'cult of the werewolf'). (but if you want to talk about some Real astronomy then I'm game!)