[LetThereBe]

Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

Perhaps none of you here would call yourselves pantheists, but I wish to look at if such a view can be logical.

Pantheism generally attributes God status to the universe itself: to the fundamental laws that govern our observable world. The God of the Pantheist can therefore be quite natural, and is never a personality.

Since pantheism avoids the realm of the supernatural, can it be considered rational in some or all circumstances?

Also, what of world views that are similar, but not necessarily pantheistic? Perhaps it could best be put as attaching intrinsic value, virtue, or beauty to something and or everything. Can assigning inherent worth to something beyond its utility be rational, be it the universe, a physical law, a human life, or ethical behavior?

Could belief in Karma be considered rational?
Could belief in absolute virtue be considered rational?

I eagerly await a response.