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To: Krista33

The doctrine of the trinity is a modern version of baal worship which was the antithesis to worship of the true God.

Read the other comments on the thread.

If Jesus is God, how can be between mediator between man and God?

God is spirit and invisible. Jesus is God's representation but not God.

God is not a man that he should lie nor the son of man tha he should repent.

God cannot be tempted. Jesus was tempted in all ways.

There is one God; God is one. The Trininty is three.

Yeah, I know what I believe and can articulate it as do some others on this thread.


20 posted on 08/12/2006 10:17:59 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: Eagle Eye

There isn't a way to reconcile your beliefs with those of Catholics, so why argue? Our profession of faith has remained in its' form more or less for 1100 years. In it the acceptance of belief in the Holy Trinity is central.
Can you really be so quick to compare the original christian faith to worship of a golden calf? That's as un-christian a thing as I've seen, and unworthy.

best to you and yours.


21 posted on 08/12/2006 11:18:53 AM PDT by capt.P (Hold Fast! Strong Hand Uppermost!)
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To: Eagle Eye

You wrote:


"The doctrine of the trinity is a modern version of baal worship which was the antithesis to worship of the true God."

False. The Trinity is God. The Trinity is not modern.

"If Jesus is God, how can be between mediator between man and God?"

Simple. he is both Man and God. No one else is. He is mediator because He is both.

"God is spirit and invisible. Jesus is God's representation but not God."

God the Father is spirit. His Son was spirit -- until He took on flesh. Now He is both Man and God.

"God is not a man that he should lie nor the son of man tha he should repent."

Jesus never lied. Jesus never repented for He never sinned. He was God so He could never lie and He could never sin.

"God cannot be tempted. Jesus was tempted in all ways."

No, the Devil tempted Him. That doesn't mean He had desire to give in that temptation. If you're tempted to eat a whole cake that means you're thinking about doing it, wrestling over the desire to do it. That is not what scripture implies about Christ. What it says about Christ is the Devil tempted Him. So if the Devil said: "Go ahead. Eat the bread. You're hungry aren't you?" Jesus experienced desire to eat, but had no capacity to give into the temptations of the Devil. He could never choose to follow the Devil.

Even Protestants get this right: http://www.lifeofchrist.com/life/temptation/summary.asp

"There is one God; God is one. The Trininty is three."

No. The Trinity is Three Persons in ONE God. ONE.

"Yeah, I know what I believe and can articulate it as do some others on this thread."

What you believe isn't Christianity. The fact that you can articulate your disbelief doesn't bolster its truth.


25 posted on 08/12/2006 4:17:10 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: Eagle Eye

"If Jesus is God, how can be between mediator between man and God?"

If Jesus is true God and true Man, he IS the mediation between man and God. Consider the basic mode of sacrifice, a blood connection between two parts.


36 posted on 08/13/2006 7:47:58 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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