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
