The first is closest to the Native AmericansвЂ™ worldview the latter resembles the Vedic outlook. There are two predominant viewpoints here: pantheism, deity is the summation of Existence and panentheism, deity is an emergent property of existence. Some omnipresent religions see the whole of existence as a manifestation of the deity. While most Paleolithic cultures followed polytheistic practices, a form of omnipresent deity arises from a worldview that does not share ideas with mono-local deity cultures. Several ancient cultures such as the Vedic and the Native American civilizations share similar views on omnipresent nature the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans did not worship an omnipresent being. Most Christian denominations - following theology standardized by the Nicene Creed - explain the concept of omnipresence in the form of the вЂњTrinityвЂќ, by having a single deity (God) made up of three omnipresent persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Others propound a deity as having the вЂњThree OвЂ™sвЂќ, including omnipresence as a unique characteristic of the deity. Some argue that omnipresence is a derived characteristic: an omniscient and omnipotent deity knows everything and can be and act everywhere, simultaneously. More seriously, if God is spread out throughout space, like an invisible ether, that means that he is not fully present everywhere. We do not want to say that because God is infinite. For one, it would mean that if the universe is finite, which is perfectly possible, then God would be finite. This would be incorrect for several reasons. He is not like an invisible gas that is everywhere present in space. William Lane Craig states that we shouldnвЂ™t think of God as being in space in the sense of being spread out like an invisible ether throughout space. It is related to the concept of ubiquity, the ability to be everywhere or in many places at once.В This includes unlimited temporal presence. Omnipresence means minimally that there is no place to which GodвЂ™s knowledge and power do not extend. In Western theism, omnipresence is roughly described as the ability to be вЂњpresent everywhere at the same timeвЂќ, referring to an unbounded or universal presence. This theory defines a universal and fundamental substance, which is the source of all physical existence.Дivine omnipresence is thus one of the divine attributes, although inВ Western ChristianityВ it has attracted less philosophical attention than such attributes asВ omnipotence,В omniscience, or being eternal.

Hinduism, and other religions that derive from it, incorporate the theory of transcendent and immanent omnipresenceВ which is the traditional meaning of the word,В Brahman. In panentheistic beliefs the divine interpenetrates the universe, but extends beyond it in time and space. In pantheistic beliefs the divine and the universe are identical. In monotheistic beliefs like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam the divine and the universe are separate, but the divine is present everywhere.

The omnipresence of a supreme being is conceived differently by different religious systems. The term omnipresence is most often used in a religious context as an attribute of a deity or supreme being, while the term ubiquity is generally used to describe something вЂњexisting or being everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread, common.вЂќ Ubiquitous can also be used as a synonym for words like worldwide, universal, global, pervasive, all over the place.

OmnipresenceВ or ubiquityВ is the property of being present everywhere.

Ubiquity and omnipresence