I’d suggest you do a more careful reading of the pre-Nicene fathers.

Hoghead. Let’s take Tatian’s quote. He clearly shows what he believes to be the ancient origin of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now if he beleived the Trinity Doctrine, then Tatian clearly was a double minded man.

And by His simple will the Word sprang forth, and the Word, not coming f…[Read more]

When it comes to judging me harshly, you should remember that I stress personal attacks are totally inappropriate in any serious theological discussion.

Do not confuse this with judging you harshly.

He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose…[Read more]

Hello, t8,

First of all, let’s get clear on what I am saying.  Nobody comes to Scripture, with a blank mind.  Everyone reads Scripture through a lens.    Many look at Scripture through the lens provided by fundamentalaistic ideology.

We can empty ourselves because we can be our own worst enemy at times. Yes the mind has a predefined pictur…[Read more]

Your post here is exactly what I have been complaining about. No, those holding with the Trinity are not possessed by the Anti-Christ. Attacking the character of others has no place in a theological discussion

Attacking the character of others? No, we should attack/expose teachings and doctrines that depart from the faith that was handed down.

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Getting back to the Trinity. Your hypothesis is that the Trinity is not to be found in Scripture. Day one, no scholar is about to buy that, as it is an absurd claim, period, end of it. The reason is that the Trinity became such a central Christian dogma precisely because it is about as biblical as you can get. I have pointed several times several…

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hoghead you come across as a man who prides himself on his education and thinks he is an intellectual. I do not know if this is correct, but the truth is that is how you come across to me at least. I am not saying it is so, so please do not get upset if it is not true.

hoghead you come across as a man who prides himself on his education and thinks he is an intellectual. I do not know if this is correct, but the truth is that is how you come across to me at least. I am not saying it is so however, but being honest about the perception.

Well, when you are willing to sell you daughter into slavery and refuse to eat ham, then I will assume you are living Scripture to the letter, no cherry picking. But then again, both Christ and Paul seem to have done some real cherry picking on these laws. Paul dropped all the dietary laws, and eventually Peter as well.

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Where is your work of the spirit? I hope it is not all the criticism you have for all others but yourself. That certainly doesn’t qualify.

Hi T8,

God is not scientific despite your best efforts to teach that He is.

Yor boxes will never be BIG enough.

Nick, ‘sciences means ‘knowledge’. And without knowledge you can perish.

The word ‘conscience’ for example just means ‘with knowledge’.

There is certainly a thing called the knowledge of God. If we didn’t have that then we would be…[Read more]

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If you are not really familiar with biblical languages, then I suggest you don’t try and get into  setting up some kind of argument based on the Greek text.  Going online and grabbing up something quick from some online site is no way near adequate.  The minute I see something like that, I know some amateur has jumped in way over his or her head.…

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If you are not really familiar with biblical languages, then I suggest you don’t try and get into  setting up some kind of argument based on the Greek text.  Going online and grabbing up something quick from some online site is no way near adequate.  The minute I see something like that, I know some amateur has jumped in way over his or her head.…

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If you are not really familiar with biblical languages, then I suggest you don’t try and get into  setting up some kind of argument based on the Greek text.  Going online and grabbing up something quick from some online site is no way near adequate.  The minute I see something like that, I know some amateur has jumped in way over his or her head.…

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No, that isn’t at all accurate about the  actual historical development of the trinity.  Also, you have completely missed my b point about  organic unity and connectedness. Sorry, but you actually have.

Hoghead. I do not have to understand anything regarding the Trinity or Binity or Krishna, Buddha, or whatever. With regards to the Trinity I have…[Read more]

No, that isn’t at all accurate about the  actual historical development of the trinity.  Also, you have completely missed my b point about  organic unity and connectedness. Sorry, but you actually have.

Hoghead. I do not have to understand anything regarding the Trinity or Binity or Krishna, Buddha, or whatever. With regards to the Trinity I have…[Read more]

T8…..While God can’t be tempted by evil, he can be tempted by foolishness according to JESUS’ response to Satan, “you shall not tempt the LORD your God”. So while evil itself can not , perhaps other things can.

Without studying this indepth or just looking up the Greek, even if Jesus said we shouldn’t TEMPT (same word as tempt found elsewhere…[Read more]