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
