Yeah, I do believe creeds such as the Trinity Doctrine are wrong.....as
it obfuscates the nature of God. And, if all the professors of religion
at the time of JS subscribed to errant creeds such as the T-Doctrine, then
that would make them corrupted as well.
I know there is no such word as "Trinity" in
scripture DaveH - ATST the concept is there from Genesis on.
You can see it at the beginning, during the Creation
when the Father had the thought, the Word spoke it
into being and the Spirit brought it to pass.
Same at Jesus' baptism in the Jordan, all three manifestations
were there then. The Son (Word) in the water,
the Father speaking from heaven and the Spirit descending
like a dove. So in what way does this concept
obfuscate the nature of God?
As for the
problems mentioned about the Bible, IF there were no possibility of men adding
to, or taking away from it....then there would have been no need for the Lord
to warn against such. Furthermore, it is quite obvious that such has
actually happened, if one compares the various translations, and looks at how
and what the Bible refers to certain things. Furthermore, lacking a
knowledge of specific details not found in the Bible, men have created
doctrines based on their assumptions, rather than actually Biblical
practice. So it does seem logical that their is a fair amount of gospel
information not contained in the Bible.
Yes there are a lot of voices out there and none are
without signification - However, there is only one voice
of truth so we need to take heed how we
hear.
Does that make me anti-Christian for suggesting such?....not in my
opinion. What it makes me is someone willing to view Christianity from a
common sense standpoint rather than dogmatically adhering to an unfounded assumption that ALL God wants us to know is
found in the Bible, as some TTers have proposed recently....to wit, you and
Perry, if memory serves correctly.
Not unfounded and not assumption - in fact Jesus saw
things the same way. He told Israel that all they needed to know were in
Moses and the Prophets and if they did not believe them, then they would not
believe him either..
Again Kevin, I must
respectfully disagree with you....I do not consider my beliefs to be
anti-Christian. As with others, I simply believe your view of
Christianity is in error.
Your beliefs are anti-Christian Dave, not only do
they violate the Truth, you hold to them rather than Truth; but as the old
saying goes "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion
still"
I don't believe you are willing to see anything other
than what you are holding on to, at least not yet.
jt
