problem deals with human beings themselves. It is true that all human beings are connected to one another in families and societies in a vast complex web of interdependence. It is also true that all human beings are connected to the material world—the same elements that make up the human body are all taken from other things in nature. When a person eats and grows he assimilates his food intake into his body; he literally is what he eats. But there is much more to a human being than the body. There is the soul as well and all of the immense powers of reason, wonder and imagination that human beings have as well. Each of us think their own thoughts, has their own beliefs, reflects on their own experiences, fears, hopes and dreams. The obvious individuality and irreducibility of each human person is something pantheism cannot adequately explain.
