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Interesting thing to note, Isaac Newton, who was a Christian until his death, didn't believe in the trinity. He felt that no other entity should even be presented in an equal manner as god (I suppose Jesus was god's son and not god on earth to him. Interesting individual.).
That's wonderful, but there are many Christians who don't believe in life after death, hell, heaven, that mankind was not created individually from animals, that abortion isn't murder, that drinking and drugs are ok, etc.
So who's right?
Ok. God who is the Father lives in Heaven, He has the image of a man (for we were created in God's image; remember?) Jesus Christ is His Son, who came down to earth to die, overcome death, to save us and to rise again, alive. Now Jesus sits at the right Hand of God in Heaven. The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit, it is everywhere and makes sure that God's plan is carried out and it also communicates between us and God. These three, the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and Jesus His Son are Three different persons in One. They each have a purpose but work in harmony with one another.
Does the "in one" tip you off that this isn't polytheism?Um, yeah...clearly what I meant was, explain the bit a bout "three different persons in one." And how this is not polytheism.
That's wonderful, but there are many Christians who don't believe in life after death, hell, heaven, that mankind was not created individually from animals, that abortion isn't murder, that drinking and drugs are ok, etc.
So who's right?
Does the three tip you off that it isn't one?
Does the three tip you off that it isn't one?
No.Does the three tip you off that it isn't one?
You gonna get a picture of a diagram here soon, homey. Watch.
How do you know that? Mankind has killed and warred with themselves since the beginning of recorded history, regardless of religion. If the Bible was never written and Christianity never existed, you honestly believe the world would be completely peaceful and there would be no wars? There easily could have been much greater and more devastating wars than there were with the presence of Christianity.
I agree with you here, that man would have warred and killed each other regardless of religion.
I don't know if no presence of christianity would have made things worse, because we also know, all religions are also abused by many to achieve control over people and personal gain.
If they are all Christian, then none of them.
Right, people across different cultures and ages have a different understanding of God. Is this really unexpected? The same observation occurs when we look at people's understanding of mathematics.
Some people see clearly. Some people are still in the basics and believe that pi is 22/7. Some people could make elegant proofs for the irrationality of root 2. Some people understand calculus for what it is and would explain it as a rather mechanical logical process - other people see the beauty of a Mandlebrot set and describe it as art. Some people think math is boring and prescriptive, others see it as incredibly creative. And yet, mathematics doesn't change. It is what it is.
I see beauty in a God who allows people to be on a journey and allows them to explore Him as they are. Not demanding perfection of understanding, not demanding that their understanding of Him be stripped of all culture. The diversity doesn't really bother me much at all. The diversity of humanity demands a diversity of understanding and no amount of logic will avoid that.
What a poor excuse. Very weak. You could at least have tried: "I wrote a huge post explaining all this in detail last night but my cat jumped on the keyboard and deleted it."
exactly so who is RIGHT? Where is our manual to know??? The BIBLE!!!!!!!!
You don't need to define EVERYTHING about your god...how about just resolving this omnipotence thing? You know, actually address my argument, rather than claim you can do it, but refusing to do so.
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