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Pandeism (or pan-deism)
is a theological doctrine which combines
aspects of pantheism and deism.[1] It holds that the creator of the universe actually became the
universe, and so ceased to exist as a separate and conscious entity.[2][3][4][5] Pandeism is proposed to explain, as
it relates to deism, why God would create a universe and then abandon it,[6] and as to pantheism, the origin and
purpose of the universe.[6][7]
The
word pandeism is a hybrid blend of the root words pantheism and deism, combining Ancient Greek: πᾶν pan “all” with Latin: deus which means
"god". It was perhaps first coined in the present meaning in 1859
by Moritz Lazarus and Heymann
Steinthal.[8]
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