1. the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
2. Philosophy.
a. the view that there are just two mutually irreducible substances. Compare monism, pluralism
b. the view that substances are either material or mental
3. Theology
a. the view that there are two independent divine beings or eternal principles, one good the other evil.
b. the belief that a human being embodies 2 parts as body and soul
dualism. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dualism (accessed: May 04, 2009).
Dualism
n.
The condition of being double; duality.
Philosophy The view that the world consists of or is explicable as two fundamental entities, such as mind and matter.
Psychology The view that the mind and body function separately, without interchange.
Theology
The concept that the world is ruled by the antagonistic forces of good and evil.
The concept that humans have two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
dualism. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dualism (accessed: May 04, 2009).
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Fritzl and Evil
2009 Bill Muehlenberg |
Very few people – at least Westerners – would be unaware of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man just found guilty of kidnapping, rape, murder and a host of other atrocities committed against his own family. He is routinely called a monster, an ogre and an animal.
What he did simply raises once again the problem of evil. Why do such things happen? From whence comes such horrific evil? Why is evil such a perennial problem? What is the origin of evil? Such questions have been debated for millennia now.
... It was C.S. Lewis who warned that we can commit two mistakes about the devil: one is to be obsessed with him, or caricature him as Pitcher has done. The other is to ignore him altogether, and deny his existence. The Bible does not allow these options. There is a very real agent of evil, who is personal and powerful.
However the devil is not co-equal and co-eternal with God. That belief, known as dualism, is not the biblical presentation. And we must not absolve ourselves of personal responsibility by merely claiming, “The devil made me do it”. But Satan is a reality we must not dismiss.
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