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
