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@georgia @apophis i would also say that while “nestorianism” as practiced by the church of the east is fine from what i can find, nestorianism as condemned by ephesus and chalcedon is, and generally the impulse of trying to say that God couldn’t really be incarnate definitely is

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@lizzie @apophis theres a debate between hindus on whether God incarnates with a body made of the gunas or made of pure "Brahman-stuff" and that strikes me as similar to the physitisms

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@georgia @apophis oh yeah the latter would be pretty much monophysitism which all the three major/surviving sides of that argument would disavow

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georgia

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@lizzie @apophis this is why avatar is not super accurately translated as incarnation but is literally "descent"

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@georgia @apophis makes sense!

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georgia

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@lizzie @apophis I could go on between the fundamental differences between the monotheists and the monists and those who think the impersonal brahman comes before personal bhagavan/ishvara or vise versa but I lack the energy today smdh.

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@lizzie @apophis just know some think God is primarily formless and attributeless, others think God has infinite forms and attributes and exists in an abode like a kingdom of heaven. theres a lot of debate and yet hindus have managed to not kill eachother for it. we just write strongly worded dissents in our bhashyas.