If, (as Trinitarian apologists suggest) God is Triune and this fact is revealed even in the Old Testament, why didn't God make this clear to Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, etc?
Instead of allowing them to go around believing He is absolutely one.
Why not spell it out that God is supposedly triune, instead of leaving the notion dormant in the Hebrew Bible, awaiting (re?)discovery by future theologians and revisionists?
Instead, after leading His people out of pagan polytheism, God drilled it into his people's head that He is one.
"Hear O Israel, YHVH your God, YHVH is one".
One...not one of many, not three-in-one, simply one.
Why would God do this, if in fact He were "triune"?
The nature of God. If Trinune,
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Elijah John
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The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #1 My theological positions:
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
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Re: The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #21[Replying to Elijah John]
Why wait until Abraham to reveal Himself as “I am�? Didn’t people exist prior to Abraham? Why didn’t God reveal Himself to them?If, (as Trinitarian apologists suggest) God is Triune and this fact is revealed even in the Old Testament, why didn't God make this clear to Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, etc?
Instead of allowing them to go around believing He is absolutely one.
Why not spell it out that God is supposedly triune, instead of leaving the notion dormant in the Hebrew Bible, awaiting (re?)discovery by future theologians and revisionists?
Because He IS – One God. Are you unfamiliar with how the Trinity works?Instead, after leading His people out of pagan polytheism, God drilled it into his people's head that He is one.
Do what? Do what He wanted when He wanted? Gee, maybe because He knows what He’s doing.Why would God do this, if in fact He were "triune"?
Re: The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #22RESPONSE:Elijah John wrote: If, (as Trinitarian apologists suggest) God is Triune and this fact is revealed even in the Old Testament, why didn't God make this clear to Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, etc?
Instead of allowing them to go around believing He is absolutely one.
Why not spell it out that God is supposedly triune, instead of leaving the notion dormant in the Hebrew Bible, awaiting (re?)discovery by future theologians and revisionists?
Instead, after leading His people out of pagan polytheism, God drilled it into his people's head that He is one.
"Hear O Israel, YHVH your God, YHVH is one".
One...not one of many, not three-in-one, simply one.
Why would God do this, if in fact He were "triune"?
The Trinity story dates only from the late first century but became policy at the 325 A.D. Council. The Christians had to find a way to handle "Hear O Isreal, the Lord is One" yet still have a second divinity (Jesus).
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Re: The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #23If it is GOD breathed, no one cares who held the pen...except the straw man builder.polonius wrote: 2 Timothy's "all scripture is God breathed" was not even written by Paul. So much for biblical integrity.
PCE Theology as I see it...
We had an existence with a free will in Sheol before the creation of the physical universe. Here we chose to be able to become holy or to be eternally evil in YHWH's sight. Then the physical universe was created and all sinners were sent to earth.
This theology debunks the need to base Christianity upon the blasphemy of creating us in Adam's sin.
We had an existence with a free will in Sheol before the creation of the physical universe. Here we chose to be able to become holy or to be eternally evil in YHWH's sight. Then the physical universe was created and all sinners were sent to earth.
This theology debunks the need to base Christianity upon the blasphemy of creating us in Adam's sin.
Re: The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #24QUESTION:
What evidence is there other than a mere claim that "all scripture is God breathed"?
Can't any writer make such a claim?
Re: The nature of God. If Trinune,
Post #25[Replying to post 23 by ttruscott]
But pious fraud would reveal something about the author if it still is claimed as "God breathed"
But pious fraud would reveal something about the author if it still is claimed as "God breathed"
