{"id":623,"date":"2025-03-24T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:08:27","slug":"willem-drees-alternative-concepts-of-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Willem Drees &#8211; Alternative Concepts of God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is God, if there is a God, a personal, conscious, all-powerful Supreme Being? Some offer radically different concepts of \u2018God\u2019, exploring novel ideas of what God may be like. They challenge theism\u2014the God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam\u2014with radically new kinds of gods. Is this \u2018heresy\u2019? Or enlarging our vision of what the Ultimate can be like?<\/p>\n<p>Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world&#8217;s deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq<\/p>\n<p>Free access to Closer to Truth&#8217;s library of 5,000 videos: http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN<\/p>\n<p>Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3P2ogje<\/p>\n<p>Watch more interviews on the possible existence of god: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3FxDuIL<\/p>\n<p>Willem Bernard Drees is professor of philosophy of the humanities at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. 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