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
