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
