How does the concept of the Big Bang Theory reinforce the concept of panentheism?
The Big Bang Theory would imply the boundary of our universe is expanding into something.
If our universe is expanding into something, this would imply our universe
is, in a sense, embraced by something. Perhaps it is embraced by its Creator.
If the universe is not lying within the Creator, as present day religions profess, then it would have to be expanding into something that is not a part of the Causative Force because the Causative Force, as religions say, would ‘transcend’ the universe. But this argument undermines the very foundation of religion. This argument implies the Causative Force is not all present because the universe lies elsewhere. The destruction of the concept of omnipresence creates a domino effect. With the destruction of the idea that the Causative Force is omnipresence, all present, comes the destruction of the Causative Force being omniscient, all knowledgeable, followed by the destruction of the Causative Force being omnipotent, all powerful.
The Big Bang Theory would imply the boundary of our universe is expanding into something.
If our universe is expanding into something, this would imply our universe
is, in a sense, embraced by something. Perhaps it is embraced by its Creator.
If it is not lying within its Creator, what would it be lying within?
If it is lying within its Creator, the Creator is what we would call omnipresent in relationship to the universe. The universe would be finite, a part of, a piece of the Causative Force.
This is panentheism.
If the universe begins shrinking, the same argument applies. Ex- panding/contraction, exploding/imploding – the argument is still the same.
If the universe is not lying within the Creator, as present day religions profess, then it would have to be expanding into something that is not a part of the Causative Force because the Causative Force, as religions say, would ‘transcend’ the universe. But this argument undermines the very foundation of religion. This argument implies the Causative Force is not all present because the universe lies elsewhere. The destruction of the concept of omnipresence creates a domino effect. With the destruction of the idea that the Causative Force is omnipresence, all present, comes the destruction of the Causative Force being omniscient, all knowledgeable, followed by the destruction of the Causative Force being omnipotent, all powerful.
Some theists would object to the above for they would say, 'The Creator of the physical universe is not made of parts.'
Panentheism does not imply the Creator is made of parts any more than geometry suggests a line is made of parts, is composed of points. Points are contained within a line but the line is not made up of points.
So it is with the Creator of the physical universe.
Panentheism states the physical universe is located within the Creator but the Creator of the physical universe is not 'composed/made up of' the physical.
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