Universalism

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by schoolboi

I now lean toward an Eastern Christian view of salvation called deification or theosis. This idea of salvation has humanity being saved to something rather then from something. Here are some great links exploring this idea more:

Thank you for the links. The first one on Theosis brings to mind the memory of a story of an Indian mystic (I cannot remember who at the moment) who startled his disciples when exclaiming while in a state of estatic devotion:

"I am God! I am God! I am God!"

[awediot]

Ecstatic Devotion, to what?


I was thinking it was Shirley MahatMacLaine, circa 1980, when she went out on her limb...? Could be wrong though...

[Dash]

I'm thinking maybe the Sufi mystic, Mansur Al-Hallaj. Just recently read No God But God by Reza Aslan. I think he mentions Al-Hallaj.