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god didn't make the universe — god is just what we call the universe once you stop squinting.
means the belief that god and the universe are the same thing, not a being who made it but the totality of everything that is.
from coined from greek pan (all) and theos (god) by irish philosopher john toland in 1705, though the idea is far older — spinoza had already scandalized europe by arguing god just is nature, deus sive natura, and got excommunicated for it.
spinoza's excommunicationamsterdam synagogue expelled him at 23 for this
einstein's godeinstein said he believed in spinoza's god, not a judge
not pantheism's cousinpanentheism says god includes but exceeds the universe
hindu rootsbrahman-as-everything predates the greek coinage by millennia