07-08-2009, 06:38 PM
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where christianity and islam fit in the above scheme?
Both fit in the dvaita class(creation separated from God).
In the personal-impersonal scheme they fit :
-islam (acordingly whit islamic theologists)-God have no atributes(though it have a will),usualy negative aproach(God is nothing of what it is).
-christianity(acording whit Dionisios Areopagite shared by orthodox and catholic church)-both negative(God is nothing of what it is)and positive(God is everything of what it is)aproach .Theologians differ in their opinions if God is whit or whitout atributes or both in the same time.
Conclusion-Both christianity and islam have the notions of absolute,dvaita,advaita ,whit atributes(personal) or whitout atributes (impersonal) in some extend meaning that their source(bible,kuran) didnt have a clear philosophic suport so they borowed philosophical schemes from greek philosophers mainly(like gnostics and platonists).
where christianity and islam fit in the above scheme?
Both fit in the dvaita class(creation separated from God).
In the personal-impersonal scheme they fit :
-islam (acordingly whit islamic theologists)-God have no atributes(though it have a will),usualy negative aproach(God is nothing of what it is).
-christianity(acording whit Dionisios Areopagite shared by orthodox and catholic church)-both negative(God is nothing of what it is)and positive(God is everything of what it is)aproach .Theologians differ in their opinions if God is whit or whitout atributes or both in the same time.
Conclusion-Both christianity and islam have the notions of absolute,dvaita,advaita ,whit atributes(personal) or whitout atributes (impersonal) in some extend meaning that their source(bible,kuran) didnt have a clear philosophic suport so they borowed philosophical schemes from greek philosophers mainly(like gnostics and platonists).