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originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: LABTECH767
So god had himself, as his own son (puzzle that out why don’t ya?!?), then sacrificed himself to himself , to excuse our sins from himself to appease himself..
Batman vs Superman’s plot makes more sense than ANY OF THAT..
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: LABTECH767
So god had himself, as his own son (puzzle that out why don’t ya?!?), then sacrificed himself to himself , to excuse our sins from himself to appease himself..
Batman vs Superman’s plot makes more sense than ANY OF THAT..
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
Thoughts??
He GOD put an end to sacrifice and fulfilled the law paying with his Priceless blood for our very soul's.
"Nicene decision didn’t end the debate"
Let us be clear that when it comes to the intellectual and theological debates in those early centuries that led to the formulation of the Trinity, the true Church was largely absent from the scene, having been driven underground. (See the chapter “The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity ” in our free booklet The Church Jesus Built for an overview of this critical period.)......
Of the following decades, Professor Harold Brown, cited earlier, writes: “During the middle decades of this century, from 340 to 380, the history of doctrine looks more like the history of court and church intrigues and social unrest . . . The central doctrines hammered out in this period often appear to have been put through by intrigue or mob violence rather than by the common consent of Christendom led by the Holy Spirit” (p. 119).
sealed the LAW
The pagan's were throwing babies, living babies into the arm's of heated brass statues of monsters they called God's, .. terrorize little children so that there blood become full of adrenaline form fear then kill them and drink there blood to get high off of the adrenaline..
wiki
All studies on the subject to date compare the pain experienced under anesthesia to the pain of unanesthetized circumcision.
None compare the pain under anesthesia to the lack of pain experienced by the non-circumcised infant. ... All circumcised infants suffer during the procedure and afterwards.
So god had himself, as his own son (puzzle that out why don’t ya?!?), then sacrificed himself to himself , to excuse our sins from himself to appease himself..
originally posted by: troubleshooter
a reply to: dfnj2015
Jews used to believe in a trinity but it fell out of favor in the second century AD...
I have heard that before, I've also heard that the pagan temples in Rome had a triune God so when Constantine decided for the 'church' at the Council of Nicea to adopt the doctrine of the Trinity he did so for political reasons. This is the 'Black Madonna" idea I think.
edit on 7-1-2018 by SkeptiSchism because: messed up the quote
Jews used to believe in a trinity but it fell out of favor in the second century AD...
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Akragon
Jesus isn't God and yet He is.
“God” and “Father” not distinctive. The title “God” is neither personal nor distinctive (one can even make a god of his belly; Php 3:19). In the Hebrew Scriptures the same word (ʼElo·himʹ) is applied to Jehovah, the true God, and also to false gods, such as the Philistine god Dagon (Jg 16:23, 24; 1Sa 5:7) and the Assyrian god Nisroch. (2Ki 19:37) For a Hebrew to tell a Philistine or an Assyrian that he worshiped “God [ʼElo·himʹ]” would obviously not have sufficed to identify the Person to whom his worship went.
In its articles on Jehovah, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary nicely illustrates the difference between ʼElo·himʹ (God) and Jehovah. Of the name Jehovah, it says: “It is everywhere a proper name, denoting the personal God and him only; whereas Elohim partakes more of the character of a common noun, denoting usually, indeed, but not necessarily nor uniformly, the Supreme. . . . The Hebrew may say the Elohim, the true God, in opposition to all false gods; but he never says the Jehovah, for Jehovah is the name of the true God only. He says again and again my God . . . ; but never my Jehovah, for when he says my God, he means Jehovah. He speaks of the God of Israel, but never of the Jehovah of Israel, for there is no other Jehovah. He speaks of the living God, but never of the living Jehovah, for he cannot conceive of Jehovah as other than living.”—Edited by P. Fairbairn, London, 1874, Vol. I, p. 856.
The same is true of the Greek term for God, The·osʹ. It was applied alike to the true God and to such pagan gods as Zeus and Hermes (Roman Jupiter and Mercury). (Compare Ac 14:11-15.) Presenting the true situation are Paul’s words at 1 Corinthians 8:4-6: “For even though there are those who are called ‘gods,’ whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords,’ there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him.” The belief in numerous gods, which makes essential that the true God be distinguished from such, has continued even into this 21st century.
Paul’s reference to “God the Father” does not mean that the true God’s name is “Father,” for the designation “father” applies as well to every human male parent and describes men in other relationships. (Ro 4:11, 16; 1Co 4:15) The Messiah is given the title “Eternal Father.” (Isa 9:6) Jesus called Satan the “father” of certain murderous opposers. (Joh 8:44) The term was also applied to gods of the nations, the Greek god Zeus being represented as the great father god in Homeric poetry. That “God the Father” has a name, one that is distinct from his Son’s name, is shown in numerous texts. (Mt 28:19; Re 3:12; 14:1) Paul knew the personal name of God, Jehovah, as found in the creation account in Genesis, from which Paul quoted in his writings. That name, Jehovah, distinguishes “God the Father” (compare Isa 64:8), thereby blocking any attempt at merging or blending his identity and person with that of any other to whom the title “god” or “father” may be applied.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
Without getting into predestination because volumes have been written on it; explain how people that have never opened a Bible are given a chance of everlasting life. There have been countless people who have lived and died without ever hearing of "the Bible"; are they in the Catholics Purgatory?
There was a pagan village called Tubunaus about three miles from Soe. One day a pagan priest called Sem Faet, who also had leprosy, was giving a sacrifice to his “blood god.” Jesus came and revealed Himself to this pagan priest. “I am the God you are seeking,” He said,. “This is not the way to worship Me.”
“Lord who are you and how do you want to be worshipped?” the priest asked. “I will tell you about name and how you are to worship Me later,” Jesus said. ” First you must gather all your images and witchcraft materials and burn them. When you do this, I will visit you again and tell you all about myself.” Then the Lord disappeared.
The priest could not read or write, and the Lord told him to go to Soe. When you get there buy a pencil and a pad of paper, Jesus told him. He obeyed the Lord. When he returned to the village, God took his hand and wrote Bible verses in his book. He did not use normal Timor writing but a type of hieroglyphics. The Lord gave him many stories found throughout the whole bible.
Like a Mighty Wind - Mel Tari
If necessary God will reveal Himself personally... I experienced this myself in 1979 when God revealed Himself to me. I know of others who have experienced the same thing as well... In 1962 a Shaman Priest in Indonesia got a direct visit from Jesus:
There have been countless people who have lived and died without ever hearing of "the Bible"
Ho that is what YOU consider.