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Exploring Christianity
Christianity with a rejection of Dualism
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<blockquote data-quote="LBP" data-source="post: 64096128" data-attributes="member: 260316"><p><span style="color: navy">Well, I'm disappointed. I assumed this would be a thread about mind-body dualism, which would be way more interesting! It sounds as though what you believe is more in the vein of "illusory" evil, which would be akin to some strands of Buddhism. I was discussing with my wife just last night that the Jews' understanding of Satan is far different from the Evil Fiend of Christianity, and that their view is borne out by books such as Job. However, there is no question that, by any reading of the New Testament, Christianity posits Satan and evil as a genuine (non-illusory) being and force that is unalterably opposed to God. So I would have to say that regarding evil as illusory is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity. To me, the reality of evil is a core belief. To say that evil is illusory would be similar to saying that you do not accept that Jesus actually, historically, bodily rose from the dead -- sorry, but this is one of the absolute fundamentals of Christianity (unlike, say, the Virgin Birth) and you simply aren't a Christian if you don't believe it (even if your name is John Dominic Crossan!).</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBP, post: 64096128, member: 260316"] [COLOR=navy]Well, I'm disappointed. I assumed this would be a thread about mind-body dualism, which would be way more interesting! It sounds as though what you believe is more in the vein of "illusory" evil, which would be akin to some strands of Buddhism. I was discussing with my wife just last night that the Jews' understanding of Satan is far different from the Evil Fiend of Christianity, and that their view is borne out by books such as Job. However, there is no question that, by any reading of the New Testament, Christianity posits Satan and evil as a genuine (non-illusory) being and force that is unalterably opposed to God. So I would have to say that regarding evil as illusory is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity. To me, the reality of evil is a core belief. To say that evil is illusory would be similar to saying that you do not accept that Jesus actually, historically, bodily rose from the dead -- sorry, but this is one of the absolute fundamentals of Christianity (unlike, say, the Virgin Birth) and you simply aren't a Christian if you don't believe it (even if your name is John Dominic Crossan!).[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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