What name is given to the identification of God with the universe?
God becomes the Universe God becomes the Universe The belief that God became the Universe is a theological doctrine that has been developed several times historically, and holds that the creator of the universe actually became the universe. Historically, for versions of this theory where God has ceased to exist or to act as a separate and conscious entity, some have used the term pandeism, which combines aspects of pantheism and deism, to refer to such a theology. A similar concept is panentheism, which has the creator become the universe only in part, but remain in some other part transcendent to it, as well.
God becomes the Universe command (ma'mur), namely God and his subjects." In 1996, Pastor Bob Burridge of the Genevan Institute for Reformed Studies wrote in his "Survey Studies in Reformed Theology" an essay on "The Decrees of God," also identifying the notion of God becoming the universe as incompatible with Christianity: Burridge disagrees that such is the case, decrying that "The Creator is distinct from his creation. The reality of secondary causes is what separates Christian theism from pandeism." Burridge concludes by challenging his reader to determine why "calling God the author of sin demand[s] a pandeistic understanding of the universe effectively removing the