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John Hobbins asks if I\u2019m a pantheist<\/a>. Well, am I? If I am, then so have been many mystics in the Abrahamic faiths, who have affirmed that there isn\u2019t really any other reality than God or other place to be than within God. I prefer the term panentheism<\/em> but it is admittedly a fine line.<\/p>\n

Joel and John<\/a> seem to be having more constructive conversation<\/a> \u2013 at last!<\/p>\n

IO9 asks about connections between LOST and FlashForward<\/a> (something I\u2019ve long wondered about too \u2013 that and links between LOST and Fringe). <\/p>\n

The Vatican\u2019s secret archives revealed<\/a> (no, seriously!).<\/p>\n

In other news, the year 2010 started today\u2026<\/p>\n

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