From Post 66: Thankful Jane >>
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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
In the Bible, I cannot find that “oneness” is what is most important to God with respect to His people and His habitation. Rather, I find that His emphasis is on their holiness, in both Old and New Testaments.
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The argument presented by this poster is flawed. It is a fallacy of instances argument. There are more instances of the word "holiness" than there are "oneness" therefore God cares more about holiness than oneness so the argument hinges. The poster concludes that we should take care of holiness and relegates oneness to a lower tier of importance to the point of dismissing it..
There is no basis to apply that kind of "statistical" logic to the Bible. we know holiness, oneness, godliness, righteousness, mercy, kindness, grace, etc. are all mentioned by the Bible and we don't rank them by instances to determine what is more important than another. All are important, relevant, desirable, and applicable in the christian life.