even coupled with common morality, is monism still a danger?

Answer 1

'Monism'??? Do you mean monotheism?

Try again, be specific and please define your terms.

Answer 2

Monism: the metaphysical theory that there is only one kind of stuff.
Dualism: belief that there are two kinds of stuff, usually material and spiritual.

Belief in a brain-based mind AND an immaterial soul is dualistic. Believing that there is no such thing as a supernatural world, OR, that the material world is an illusion, would by monistic.

I believe the asker is wondering if there can be a valid, non-spiritual moral system. But it's hard to tell.

If so, I'd say it's natural to avoid pain and seek pleasure, but the perception that my pain and pleasure are interrelated with the pain and pleasure of others, sometimes inversely, could lead to a cooperative system of ethics without the need for divine oversight.

If I have misperceived the question, I beg your pardon.

Answer 3

Well, yeah.

To go into this fully would require a large time investment, y'know.

But I'll touch on some of the overarching points.

1) "Common morality" is subject to change. One need only look at the current climate where it is not only acceptable but sometimes encouraged to hate Muslims, e.g., to see that any morality defined by mob rule is unstable. And if it isn't absolute, it isn't exactly morality--just mass preference, institutionalized through law sometimes.

So, there is this to consider.

2) If I am ultimately God--which monism ultimately proposes, whether it directly states it or not--then I need look no further than myself, y'know, like, "within," to find morality. If God is I and I am God, then God's moral law is to be found within me, and so I am infallible. This leads to the danger of the self declaring absolute moral truth on account of his or her belief that he or she is "of" God, not below God.

3) If God is absolute, God is outside of me, since I am not absolute. What is my evidence that I'm not absolute? It's written all over my life. I fail. I fail to uphold my own moral standards sometimes. Someone who is absolute does not thusly fail.

4) If you are not separate from me, then I can do whatever I wish for you. My nonabsolute moral code may currently prevent me from taking advantage of this logical conclusion of monism, but sooner or later--if I put half my attention on it--it will occur to me that if "you are me" then I can happily invade and offend you, and it won't hurt you at all. It only hurts me! And if I don't care about me, I will not care about you.

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So, this is a very brief sketch of how monism is still a danger, even coupled with common morality.

Answer 4

Monism is the idea that all of reality is of the same substance or system...But assuming that's what you're actually asking about, I don't really see any *danger* to the idea. I don't think it's true; I think reality is far more complex than the simplistic ideas of monism. But I still don't tink it's dangerous.

Answer 5

Monism is a danger because it celebrates oneness. Morality deals with choices and they can conflict--and while they aren't always black and white answers there is kind of a continum of good and bad even in our modern day beliefs. So to believe all is one thing--it kind of says, it's all good, or all bad, or all in between--I guess if variance is a possible perhaps it's not.

Answer 6

Wake up people. Monism is a world view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism

Answer 7

Monotheism you mean?

Answer 8

It's MonoTHEISM, sophist.

Answer 9

do you mean Mormonism? answer yes

Answer 10

I think so! They do not see Jesus as the only true and living God.
Jesus Christ is the only true and living God!

“6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” I Corinthians 8:6.


The God of The Holy Bible is the only true and living God. In the Old Testament times of The Holy Bible God was known as Jehovah God. According to Clarence Larkin in his book, Dispensational Truth, 1920, page 47, Published by Larkin's estate, God went by seven “Jehovah God” names:

“1. JEHOVAH-JIRESH-”The Lord will provide.” Genesis 22:13-14 That is, provide a sacrifice. 2. JEHOVAH-RAPHA-”The Lord that healeth.” Exodus 15:26. 3. JEHOVAH-NISSI-“The Lord our Banner.” Exodus 17:8-15. 4. JEHOVAH-SHALOM-”The Lord our peace.” Judges 6:23-24. 5. JEHOVAH-RA-AH-”The Lord my Shepherd.” Psalms 23. 6. JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU-”The lord our righteousness.” Jeremiah 3:6. 7. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH-“The Lord is present.” Exodus 48:35. It is only as we know the meaning of the different titles of God that we can understand their significance. The word for Christ as “Creator” is “ELOHIM,” for Christ as “revealer and Redeemer” is JEHOVAH (translated Lord).”

In the New Testament Jehovah God is revealed to be a Trinity-God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God The Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19: “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing then in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Today Christians worship Jehovah God in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. (Most Jews still worship God as Jehovah God.) Jesus Christ, Jehovah God in the Old Testament, came to the Jews as their Messiah during New Testament times but most of them rejected Him. Christians know that Jesus Christ is the only true and living God. Christians know that the word “Lord” for Jesus Christ means Jehovah God.

John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.”

Jesus Christ Christ is the only way to God the Father and to heaven. There is no other way to get to heaven. There is no other true and living God.
All other so-called gods are false gods. They are not real . They do not exist. They are actually Satan or his demons disguised as gods. From the beginning Satan wanted to be as God. In order to to capture the souls/spirits of the masses he now does the best he can to be God by being a god to as many as he can be by appearing to be a god in different forms to different groups of people. Now the best Satan can do is counterfeit gods, religions, and faith in them. They appear to be the genuine articles but they are false. They are phony. They are bogus. The more false gods he can create the more souls/spirits he can capture for himself and take them to hell to be with him forever in eternity. All false religions who worship false gods were created by Satan. Allah for the Muslims. Confucius for the Chinese. Buddha for the Buddhists. ETC.

Christians know Jesus Christ as the Son of God who was sent to earth by God the Father to become a man to die for the sins of the whole world. Christians know Jesus Christ is the only true and living Lord God. (Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus {that Jesus is Lord} and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believed unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”) Christians know that the blood that Jesus Christ shed at Calvary is the only thing that can forgive, remove and cleanse them from all their sins. Christians know that they must repent of (turn from) their sins to Christ. (Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” and Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”) Christians know that they must ask Jesus Christ to come into their heart/lives to live there forever. (John l:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to come sons {children} of God, even to them that believe on his name.”) Christians know they must give up their sins and live in obedience to Jesus Christ the rest of their lives. Christians know that when they die they will go to heaven to be with Jesus Christ forever. Christians know that all of this is a life lived by faith. Is all this true of you? Are you a Christian? If not, why not become one today.
The Holy Bible in Hebrews 11:6 says “But without faith it is impossible to please him (God); for he that cometh to God must believe (have faith) that he (God) is, and that he (God) is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (God).” Parentheses mine!
By faith, acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the only true and living God. By faith, acknowledge you are a sinner in need of the forgiveness that Jesus Christ offers. By faith, turn from all your sins to Jesus Christ and ask Him to come into your heart/life to live there forever. By faith, give your heart/life to Jesus Christ to live for Him the rest of your life. All of this is what is meant when the Lord Jesus Christ said: “Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (go to heaven).” You were born physically into your earthly family. To go to heaven you must be born again spiritually into your heavenly family, God's spiritual family.
Salvation is a free gift. You cannot work for it. You cannot be good enough to earn it. You must, by faith, receive it as a free gift. (“8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast.”) Ephesians 2:8-9. If you never have, do it today. This is my prayer for you.