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Hey, is there anyone else here who thinks that modern Christian theology is too dualistic?
Could you expand on that question a little bit? What do you mean by "dualistic"?shernren said:Hey, is there anyone else here who thinks that modern Christian theology is too dualistic?
Agreed.Willtor said:Actually, I think that the inherent epistemic dualism in contemporary American society is a profoundly negative influence on the American Church. But I think it would be much easier to fight if the Church was more involved in the teaching of Theology. Because the prevalent attitude in the U.S. is dualistic, I think the teaching of an intrinsically non-dualist Theology would allow Christians (and anyone else in the Church) to develop better critical thinking skills, and to become less reactionary.
I find it problematic that I hear a Pastor rail on Science as "the wisdom of the world," and then go on to make dualist assertion after dualist assertion. Seriously, dualist epistemology (and dualist modes of thinking, in general) as applied to Christianity will keep us from having an appropriate apprehension of the reality of the God we worship.
TSIBHOD said:Could you expand on that question a little bit? What do you mean by "dualistic"?
shernren said:Hey, is there anyone else here who thinks that modern Christian theology is too dualistic?
Willtor said:Dualism, in an Epsitemic sense, deals with the inherent discreteness of things. Monism, to illuminate this through contrast, deals with the intrinsic one-ness of things. Ultra-dualism tends to manifest itself in nihilism, while ultra-monism is more typically found in philosophies such as Buddhism. A dualist will express his thoughts in terms of internal consistency and talk about contradictions, when a notion is broken. A monist will express difficulties in terms of confusions about the nature of things.