[MD] Theism/epistemology

[Michael Poloukhine]

> -Ron
> Which definition comes closest to your position on theism?
> It stikes me as pantheistic in relation to MoQ.
MP: Not sure what exactly you are asking with my "position on theism", so two 
answers:

My intellectual position on the *word* theism, is that it is the definitional 
umbrella for all forms of theistic belief sets, including pantheistic.

My own personal theistic belief, (which I would not call a "position" but maybe 
that's what you meant?) if it had to be pinned to a word, would probably net out 
as pantheism. Although I do believe reality extends beyond what we can ever 
comprehend, but since in my human nature I cannot distinguish unknowable 
reality from the unknowable God this leaves me unable to with certainty say my 
belief is not in fact panentheistic. BUt I'm going with pantheistic, because it 
seems to make more sense with everything I know of our God and of reality.

As such find many parallels to concepts in the MoQ, notably that of Quality. In 
our belief's theology, our God is "ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, 
incomprehensible, ever existing, yet ever the same" and in part consists of the 
"good and life-creating Spirit."  I read Pirsig's descriptions of his understanding 
of Quality and could not help but think we are talking about the same thing, 
each in our own language and way of understanding it.