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I don't know the history of Monism ... as a theological or philosophical idea (if Monism has such a history).
But it sounds kind of close to what I believe.
A core belief.
& & &
We - each (and perhaps collectively) - are a single substance.
There is no body-soul dualism.
(Dualism=
The body lives, with a soul inside it.
And the body dies, and the soul separates from the now insentient body and goes to heaven or hell, or becomes a ghost haunting its familiar habitations.
No. Not something I accept.)
I believe the equation of human substance ... is far trickier than that, to nail down.
But also ... far more radically simple.
(But haven't thought it thru, yet.)
One substance.
& & &
Does any existing (or once existing) religious tradition ... argue for Monism?
(Does any religious tradition struggle to argue against Monism? What are the core arguments against Monism?)
But it sounds kind of close to what I believe.
A core belief.
& & &
We - each (and perhaps collectively) - are a single substance.
There is no body-soul dualism.
(Dualism=
The body lives, with a soul inside it.
And the body dies, and the soul separates from the now insentient body and goes to heaven or hell, or becomes a ghost haunting its familiar habitations.
No. Not something I accept.)
I believe the equation of human substance ... is far trickier than that, to nail down.
But also ... far more radically simple.
(But haven't thought it thru, yet.)
One substance.
& & &
Does any existing (or once existing) religious tradition ... argue for Monism?
(Does any religious tradition struggle to argue against Monism? What are the core arguments against Monism?)