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[[Pandeism]] is a theological theory which proposes that a god created the Universe by ''becoming'' the Universe. This god currently exists as an unconscious force sustaining the Universe. Various explanations have been introduced as to why this happened, mostly revolving around the creator needing to learn something through the human experience, or perhaps wishing to experience nonexistence itself. The latter is the device used in Scott Adams' book ''[[Gods Debris]]''. Variations also speculate as to our purpose, and whether the creator will ever go back to being what it was before, and whether we will have a part in that.
This position is arrived at through the combination of [[Useful Notes/Deism|Deism]] (the archetype for [[Have You Seen My God?]]) and [[Useful Notes/Pantheism|Pantheism]] (the same for [[Pieces of God]]).
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* [[Energy Beings]] : We are all simply aspects of our Creator, which is itself a being of energy
* [[God Is Dead]] : Or the nearest equivalent. Until it isn't. Except in variations where it really, really is.
* [[Have You Seen My God?]] : God is "gone" -- because God is everything.
* [[Karma]] : Some versions hold that when you go back to being one with God, you get to share in reliving all the pleasure--and pain--you brought to others in life.
* [[Older Than Feudalism]] : Traced back to the Milesians of Ancient Greece.
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* [[Reincarnation]] : Some versions have it, some don't, but all suppose at least that we are pieces of God, and probably that we will at some point be reassembled into God.
* [[Take a Third Option]] : Splits the line between atheism and theism. Or between Pantheism and Deism, which already both sort of do that.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] : One possible reason why a God would cease to be a God and become a Universe instead.
* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]] : Those who are somehow able to contact the mind of our Creator as it unconsciously underlies our Universe find that experience so incomprehensible that their tiny human minds automatically defend themselves by interpreting such encounters as intentional communications from culturally familiar conceptions of gods, thereby explaining all revelation and scripture.
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]] : Miracles, seemingly answered prayers, and revelations occur across multiple faiths because the Universe-creating entity has become us (and the rest of the Universe) and believers in any religion are able to unwittingly tap into their own little slice of Creator-power.
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