Monism (Agnosticism)

by romansh , Thursday, January 03, 2013, 19:41 (4129 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Deist/Theist consider God as separate from the universe? That is news to me. In fact, I would argue that it is virtually impossible to sustain the principal of a creator God without the basic assumption that it was inextricably intertwined with the natural world, regardless of your particular theology.-I have not followed your posts carefully B_M, so apologies if misrepresent your point of view.-The very word you you chose "intertwined" hints at the duality, theisms in particular, point to.-Creator and creation - a duality.
In the Christian tradition we have the trinity. 
God loves us - again a duality (God and us)-I think it is great that your are striving for a monistic interpretation of our existence. I think Joseph Campbell has a great quote describing this:->> ... But the ultimate mystical goal is to be united with one's god. With that, duality is transcended and forms disappear. There is nobody there, no god, no you. Your mind, going past all concepts, has dissolved in identification with ground of your own being, because that to which the metaphorical image of your god refers to the ultimate mystery of your own being, which is the mystery of the being of the world as well.