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No, it is not. We do not believe that we are made of the same essence as God or that created things are merely an extension of His being. We believe that we are all distinct individuals capable of direct relationship with God. The indwelling of God in a Christian is just that: God residing within a person.
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∙ 11y agoIn the main Christianity is dualistic and in a few other instances pluralistic. The two mainstay areas where one can determine a degree of monism or dualism are:
1. Creator and Creation distinction
2. The Soul/Body Dichotomy
Orthodox Christianity and Fundamentalist Evangelicals etc. believe that the Creator (God) is separate from His Creation and that the Human Being has two natures - a mortal body and an immortal soul.
There minority groups who adhere to an Anthropological Monistic interpretation of Scripture in which there is no distinction between the soul and body of the human being. The human being is interchangeably body and soul. Or, again, the soul is really the the mortal body. Therefore when a human being dies this is the same as the soul dies.
So while there is a partial monism within certain Christian sects a more complete form of Christian Monism needs to feature both items 1 and 2 above.
I personally can think of only one modern group that is biblically based and with a fervent emphasis in Christ. However they do not readily identify themselves as and therefore with Christianity as a whole.
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What is the correct definition of monism?
The belief that the soul and body can't be separated. The opposite, which is the belief that the soul and body are separate, is dualism.
What is the difference between dualism and monism?
Dualism is the theory that there are two opposite principles in everything, for example good and evil or the state of having two parts while Monism is the belief that there is only one god.
How is Hinduism different from christianity?
Christianity does not have belief In Religious tolerance. This is significantly different from the belief of Hinduism.
What is a religious belief that the material world and God are one and the same?
I believe you are talking about a fusion of monotheism and monism called pantheism.
How do you use the word monism in a sentence?
The artwork was a beautiful monism.
What is Commonly Accepted Belief?
The most common belief is Christianity
What is the belief document of Christianity?
The Bible
Why should protestants have a god?
The entire basis of Christianity is a belief in God. Without this core belief, there would be no Christianity - Protestant or any other.
What kind of belief does Justin Bieber have?
Christianity
What do people in Australia belief in religion?
Christianity
What is the religious belief of the people in Zimbabwe?
Christianity
Difference between monotheism and polytheism?
Monism is the philosophical view that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance. The main forms of religious monism are:Pantheism - the belief that everything composes an all-encompassing, immanent God or that the universe (or nature) is identical with divinity. Pantheists do not believe in a personal or anthropomorphic god.Panentheism - a belief that the divine (be it a monotheistic God, polytheistic gods, or an eternal cosmic animating force), interpenetrates every part of nature, but is not one with nature.Monotheism is simply the belief that there is one god. This belief can be consistent with monism, however the major monotheistic religions are not monistic.
