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Topic: Oneness (concept)

	Oneness (concept) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oneness is a spiritual term referring to the 'experience' of the absence of egoic identity boundaries, and, according to some traditions, the realization of the awareness of the absolute interconnectedness of all matter and thought in space-time, or one's ultimate identity with God (see Tat Tvam Asi).
		Oneness may also be known as Cosmic Consciousness; this term was popularized in a book by the same name by Richard M. Bucke.
		For others, Oneness, the characteristic of being one, is a term used to characterize God in contrast to Catholics who believe that the godhead is of a triune nature comprised of 3 distinct, but not separate, identities (see Trinity).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oneness_(concept) (339 words)

	Monotheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Western context, the concept of "monotheism" tends to be exclusively tied to the concept of the Abrahamic God of the Abrahamic religions —typically as a whole group, but may be used in particular reference to the God as defined by a specific religion or sect.
		Hence it is important to understand the facile distinctions between the concepts of theism as referring to beliefs, as opposed to those referring to concepts of essence and nature.
		Eastern religions, especially in China and India, that have concepts of panentheism, are notably difficult to classify along Western notions of monotheism vs. polytheism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monotheism (4110 words)

	The Identity of the Son of God in Oneness Theology as Compared/Contrasted to Jehovah's Witnesses and Trinitarianism
		Oneness people deny the orthodox Trinitarian doctrine that the Son of God is eternally begotten according to His deity, confessing only that He was begotten in time according to His humanity.
		The difference between Oneness and Trinitarian theology is not that Oneness does not see Jesus' humanity as eternal, nor is it that Oneness does not see Jesus' deity as being eternal, but rather that we understand Jesus' deity to be that of the Father, and not of a second eternal person called God the Son.
		Oneness theology sees the term "Son" coming into use because of the incarnation, being used to distinguish God's existence in the flesh and God's existence beyond the flesh (There are no OT references to the Son of God.
	www.apostolic.net /biblicalstudies/soneternal.htm (1436 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: Oneness Pentecostalism Profile
		Oneness Pentecostals deny the Trinity, believing instead that the monotheistic God simply "manifests" Himself in the offices or roles of the members of the Trinity.
		Since even Oneness Pentecostals would dispute this understanding, the necessity of baptism in the name of Jesus only is easily refuted using their own logic.
		Therefore, Oneness Pentecostals are erroneously attempting to argue that something that occasionally occurred should therefore always occur; it is impossible to argue this point when the Bible does not make such a claim.
	www.watchman.org /profile/onenesspro.htm (2547 words)

	Oneness Theology
		While Oneness holds to the affirmation of Jesus being fully God and fully man, however they reinterpret this as the Father being the deity in the Son who is strictly the humanity.
		David Bernard a Oneness Pentecostal and one of their premier apologists says, "Modalism is the same as the modern doctrine of Oneness." (the Oneness of God p.318) As we examine history we will see this is not so, today’s modalism is synthesized from diverse views held centuries before.
		Oneness groups claim that their belief is compatible with the essential doctrines of Christianity and that it is the Trinitarian view that is not.
	www.letusreason.org /Onenes7.htm (2038 words)

	Oneness, Enlightenment and the Mystical Experience - The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power
		The concept of Oneness is an abstraction created by thought as a way of framing and attempting to describe the mystical experience.
		Insofar as Oneness is placed in a higher realm or plane than the world of separation and multiplicity (the Many), this is done by abstracting out and reifying a presumed quality or essence from life, and making that more important than the individual expressions of life itself.
		Concepts of unity are very appealing, since it is increasingly obvious that divisiveness and uncaring self-interest are paramount causes of why the planet is becoming unfit for life.
	www.mimbres.com /holp/holpath/kramer/oneness.htm (7575 words)

	Oneness Pentecostals
		Oneness believers maintain that the Son was one of the modes or roles (not a Person) that the unipersonal deity, named “Jesus” manifested for the sake of redemption.
		Hence, the Oneness theological assumption that the Son was not the Agent of creation, but merely in view of creation, cannot stand grammatically or contextually—it changes the intended meaning of the text and ignores the chief theme of the letter.
		Oneness exegesis, however, maintains that all those passages that speak of the Son as being sent are in reality speaking of the Father sending His “plan” to earth.
	www.christiandefense.org /one_preexistence.htm (8096 words)

	Oneness - Edgar Cayce on Oneness
		In terms of spirituality, the concept of oneness suggests that God is not limited to expressing through one religion alone.
		When the concept of reincarnation is studied, what becomes apparent is not what religion people may be in the present but rather, more important, how individuals apply the knowledge they possess.
		Oneness as a force suggests that each of us is connected in ways that we might never before have imagined.
	www.edgarcayce.org /about_ec/cayce_on/oneness (3199 words)

	Oneness and Trinitarians Unite
		Oneness holds to Jesus being God and man but reinterpret it to the Father being the deity and the Son who is the humanity only.
		Isn't that grand.(Jakes does espouse a Oneness interpretation on the nature of God Jakes also states the Trinity is a complex issue, saying, "I'm not sure we can totally bold God to a numerical system." "The concept of the Godhead is a mystery that has baffled Christians for years.
		Oneness accuses the Church of being tied with Rome with the Trinity being of pagan origin.
	www.letusreason.org /Onenes20.htm (1497 words)

	Exposing Official doctrines & teachings of Oneness Pentecostals (UPCI)
		Oneness Pentecostals are of the United Pentecostal Church International, and they have many un-Biblical doctrines and teachings contrary to the Christian faith.
		The UPCI teaches that a person must not only believe in Jesus (the oneness view) but also be water baptized (in Jesus name only) and speak in other tongues in order to be saved.
		Refuting the false doctrines of Oneness Pentecostalism on the doctrine of the Trinity
	www.afcministry.com /UPCI_official_doctrines.htm (1528 words)

	MONOTHEISM AND IDOLATRY AS TAKEN FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The concept of monotheism is embedded in the domain of religious discourse, and its full and relevant significance must be derived from the connotation which it carries within this domain.
		Correlated to this is the suggestion that, while paganism arrives at the oneness of its godhead through philosophical reasoning and because of ontological-metaphysical considerations, biblical faith arrives at the oneness of its godhead because of ethical considerations and through a direct insight into the absolute character of the moral law.
		Although the concept of arithmetical oneness is involved also in the assertion of God's unity, the latter is distinct in that God is here distinguished qualitatively rather than merely quantitatively.
	www.geocities.com /covtnoah/idolatry_monotheism_ency_judaica.htm (1743 words)

	Bahá'í Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He claimed to be the long-expected educator and teacher of all peoples, prophesied in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions, and that his mission was to establish a firm basis for unity throughout the world, and inaugurate an age of peace and justice, which Bahá'ís expect will inevitably arise.
		Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings are the principles of the oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the oneness of humanity.
		The first three of this list are commonly referred to as the Three Onenesses, and form a fundamental part of Bahá'í beliefs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bah%c3%a1%27%c3%ad_Faith (5076 words)

	A Trinitarian's Struggle With the Oneness Doctrine
		The concept of indwelling seems to solve this, recognizing that persons, not natures, pray, but as you say, it in fact produces two prsons.
		The fundamental difference between the Oneness concept of God, and the Trinitarian concept is where the Biblical distinctions are placed.
		Oneness maintains that there is no distinction of personality in the Godhead.
	www.apostolic.net /biblicalstudies/onenessstruggles.htm (1693 words)

	Unity: Oneness in Christ
		Oneness exists where there is life--oneness exists where there is living relationship.
		In oneness, a congregation shares mutual purpose, mutual activity, mutual involvement--where there is unity there is activity.
		When our concept of unity declares that in the name of unity we split, separate, and divide, something is seriously wrong with our concept.
	www.westarkchurchofchrist.org /chadwell/1997/042397pm.htm (2090 words)

	Glossary - Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The followers of impersonal aspect of God are called gyani, and their impersonal concept and understanding is called gyan.
		Just like, the theory of the Upnishads, or the Bhagwatam, or creation, or God realization, etc. (b) Assumed principles or system of reasonings, or postulated intellectual representations corresponding to the modern science related to a phenomenon or an existence that is not fully comprehensible to a human mind through direct perception.
		These are the concepts of the human mind.
	encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /glossary.htm (4289 words)

	RonJ1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		We have evolved in our concept of self, and in our superstitions about the true nature of “God”, ever since we first looked up at the stars at night and marvelled at their grandeur and beauty.
		Now this is the fearful “concept” of “God” that we are fighting over and dying over and which is endemic in our world.
		The simple concept that “God” is the wholeness or “Oneness of All Things” and we are therefore all perfectly equal and divine beings has for some reason been dismissed from our spiritual identity.
	www.katharinegiovanni.com /ronj1.htm (1653 words)

	Learning and Teaching, Kinds of Magic, The Boundlessness
		The Concept of Oneness is not a theory or an opinion.
		It is called a "concept" because it is most readily perceived by that area of the brain which makes use of "concept-symbol", rather than that area which makes use of what is known as "logic" or rational thought.
		Simply put, the Concept of Oneness maintains that all things, regardless of energy state, form, color, density, duration, etc. are One Boundless Being.
	www.draeconin.com /gwyddon/htm/tg_s4.htm (1943 words)

	Ades Design - Web Design and Development, Graphics and Logo Design. Photoshop, PHP, Dreamweaver and CSS Tutorials, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The foundation of the Islamic faith is belief in the Oneness of Almighty God - the God of Abraham, Noah, Moses and Jesus.
		From the Islamic standpoint, believing in the Oneness of God means to realize that all prayer and worship should be exclusively for God, and that He alone deserves such titles as "Lord" and "Savior".
		In short, in the Islamic concept of God, which is completely based on Divine Revelation, there is no ambiguity in divinity - God is God and man is man. Since God is the only Creator and continual Sustainer of the Universe, He is transcendent above His creation - the Creator and the creature never mix.
	www.adesdesign.net /php/islam/islam_intro2.php (795 words)

	New Cool Thang » One Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		I suspect that most of us disregard this Oneness talk as purely figurative and really imagine ourselves as individuals that will happen to agree with God on all things if we are exalted.
		The oneness of the Godhead is the result of the relationship of perfect unity they freely choose to remain in (I’m admittedly borrowing that language from Blake Ostler—I think he has it right).
		It’s actually easier to imagine a post-earth life oneness than it is to imagine what it would take for that to happen here and now.
	www.newcoolthang.com /index.php/2005/09/one-love/142 (3972 words)

	The Oneness of Existence
		While the concept of oneness may be intellectually appealing, it is nevertheless difficult to put into practice.
		But most of us balk at experiencing oneness with the cockroach or the rat—let alone the obnoxious co-worker whom we barely tolerate.
		Happiness belongs to him who knows this oneness, who knows he is one with this universe.
	www.vedanta.org /wiv/philosophy/oneness.html (393 words)

	Unity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Oneness has been expressed in several verses of the Quran (the following are examples and not inclusive of all the verses in the Quran about Oneness):
		When we mention the different attributes of God, it ought to be mentioned with the concept of absoluteness in mind.
		Those messengers are the ones that God guided so follow their guidance in the same direction.
	members.aol.com /Islamusa/unity.htm (1449 words)

	Islamic Concept of God :: Islamiway :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In Islam this oneness of God or monotheism is absolutely unequivocal as it is fundamental.
		The verses that follow go on to outline the exclusive and absolutely unique nature of God by declaring that only He is independent of all things (verse 2), He does not beget nor is He begotten (verse 3) and that there is none like Him (verse 4).
		Although Islam may share the concept of monotheism with other religions, it is its unmoving and uncompromising attitude towards this fundamental belief that sets it apart from the other faiths.
	johnw.host.sk /articles/islam_pillars/islamic_concept_of_god.htm (604 words)

	Oneness Forever: Life Principle #3: Building a Great Marriage series (#4)
		This ‘oneness’ goes down deep to the pledge of one’s heart toward the other in a “as long as we both shall live” type of commitment.
		The oneness is created by a perfect blend of their two lives.
		If they want to teach about oneness, then parents must keep their children from pornography and give them a vision of delighting themselves only in the one woman of their future.
	www.foundationsforfreedom.net /Topics/Marriage/Great_Marriage/GM04_Principle3_Oneness.html (5684 words)

	Oneness of God
		The Islamic concept of God is crystal clear, and it is purely of divine source ¾ not human conjecture.
		In refuting the Christian concept of salvation (thru Jesus Christ), Allah the Almighty explicitly emphasizes that one’s own sin is his sole responsibility, and should not be borne by another.
		Several Qur’anic injunctions are presented, which explicitly refute the Trinitarian doctrine and the divinity of Jesus; affirm the Oneness of God; stress the fundamental Truth that God is selfـ reliant, hence devoid of any partner; and highlight the belief in Allah (the One and Only True God) as the key to salvation.
	www.wefound.org /texts/Allah_files/oneness_of_god.htm (3351 words)

	Concept of God in Islam , God meaning in Islam , Is Allah same as God ?
		This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.
		The concepts that God rested on the seventh day of creation, that God wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter against mankind, and that God is incarnate in any human being are considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view.
		In order to be a Muslim, that is, to surrender oneself to God, it is necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. But this belief, later called Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, is not enough.
	sultan.org /articles/god.html (1789 words)

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