[pau1f0rd]

There exists no Supreme, all-wise, all-provident Divine Being, distinct from the universe, and God is identical with the nature of things, and is, therefore, subject to changes. In effect, God is produced in man and in the world, and all things are God and have the very substance of God, and God is one and the same thing with the world, and, therefore, spirit with matter, necessity with liberty, good with evil, justice with injustice.—Allocution "Maxima quidem," June 9, 1862.

This is close to my idea of God. Would you say it was wrong? No axe to grind - I'm just interested.

[Smocker]

paul:
It was one of the ways of thinking that was condemned and later collated with other condemnations into what became known as The Syllabus of Errors. It is an error. As you can see that error is listed under: "PANTHEISM, "NATURALISM" AND ABSOLUTE RATIONALISM"

If Catholics were taught properly they would know that we cannot be one with God here on earth because God is a spirit infinitely perfect. They would learn about the Trinity, ie one God in three Divine Persons, a mystery we cannot fully understand. We humans are His creation, far from being infinitely perfect, nor can we create from nothing, nor do we know all, nor can we be everywhere at once.