Let me first look with you at monism, and then let me do an extended comparison between monism and Christianity. First, let's look at monism together. Monism believes the following five things: Monism, m-o-n-i-s-m, which really just means "oneism"; it believes that all is one. Monism believes, first, that all is one. That's the first point of monism. Monism believes that all is one. Have you heard Elton John sing, "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King? Welcome to monism. All is one. What's the key point in the story of The Lion King? It's when the young lion prince looks up and realizes the stars are his father. See, it's all connected. It's all part of the circle of life. He's part of this great river of being. There are no distinctions. We're all part of this tremendous circle of life. You get a taste of monism in Star Wars too, though. Do you remember when Obi-Won Kenobi, and this is way, way long ago, folks, long before "Attack of the Clones," this is all the way back in the first Star Wars movie in 1976. Obi-Won Kenobi explains to young Luke Skywalker that there's a force that pervades the universe, and we're all a part of it. Monism.
In contrast, Christianity believes in a Creator/creature distinction. God created this reality: He is not part of this reality. This reality did not emanate out of Him. He is distinct from it. He spoke it into being. He is Lord over it--over against monism that sees the divine suffused through created reality in you, in me, in the pews that you're sitting on, in the rocks, in the stones, in the trees, in the wind, in the ocean, in the air.
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