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To: dangus
In Titus, a word normally derived from figurative connotations

Which word is that?

Incidentally, "mystery" does not mean "things Catholics believe, even though they make no sense."

There are other words that describe believing what makes no sense and contradicts the Bible.

In the New Testament, the word 'mystery' has specific meaning and refers to something very special and it isn't 3 n 1 or anything like that.

God is in Christ. And Christ is in the believer. Doesn't that make the believer God, too?

122 posted on 02/06/2007 1:27:17 PM PST by Eagle Eye (There oughta be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: Eagle Eye

>> There are other words that describe believing what makes no sense and contradicts the Bible <<

You are the one who contradicts the bible. To the trinitarian, there is no contradiction. Jesus is both God and Man. God exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Accept these propositions, and the bible makes sense. Deny them, and you end up having to ignore, as you do, key portions of the bible, such as John's Doxology.

>> God is in Christ. And Christ is in the believer. Doesn't that make the believer God, too? <<

No. The paper is in the folder; the folder is in the briefcase. That doesn't mean that the briefcase is the paper. But the bible doesn't say God is IN Jesus. It says Jesus is God.

>> In the New Testament, the word 'mystery' has specific meaning and refers to something very special and it isn't 3 n 1 or anything like that <<

Yes, it does refer to something Paul says IS known. "or I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." or "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed," or "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:"

>> In the New Testament, the word 'mystery' has specific meaning and refers to something very special and it isn't 3 n 1 or anything like that. <<

Oh? How's this: "And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ" So, all things were made by Jesus. Hence, Jesus is not merely the man born of Mary, but predated all things. Do you know what you call one who creates all things? Who is eternal? You call such a being a god.


149 posted on 02/06/2007 8:53:41 PM PST by dangus
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