Hey, there DA,
I see you are your usual jolly self. In response, I'm afraid you said nothing, and without referring to Scriptures, except one.
When you referred to Philippeans 2, I take it you mean verse 2: "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
This vey forum does not define one as a Christian unless he accepts the creeds, this being one. Accordingly, he is defined as one outside the salvific grace of Christ and condemned.
Modalism? Trinitarians don't have a clue what the trinity is in any form. They, after all their postulating, throw up there hands and say that God is a complete mystery beyond human understanding, but accept the idea of a trinity or go to hell. The meaning of this doctrine has been argued for 1800 years and people have been killed as a result, and the brightest trinitarian minds still argue over it.
An article in Christianity Today (April 28, 1997), "Adding up the Trinity," states: "For most people and sadly, for most Christians also, the Trinity is the great unknown. The Trinity, to use a familiar equation, is viewed as a riddle wrapped up inside a puzzle and buried in an enigma. A riddle, for how can any entity be at the same time multiple (three) yet singular (one)? A puzzle, for the Trinity is is so clearly contrary to any rational thought as not to warrant a second thought from sensible people. An enigma, for even if the Trinity could be understood, of what practical value, even what religious value, would it have for ordinary people?"
I see you are your usual jolly self. In response, I'm afraid you said nothing, and without referring to Scriptures, except one.
When you referred to Philippeans 2, I take it you mean verse 2: "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
This vey forum does not define one as a Christian unless he accepts the creeds, this being one. Accordingly, he is defined as one outside the salvific grace of Christ and condemned.
Modalism? Trinitarians don't have a clue what the trinity is in any form. They, after all their postulating, throw up there hands and say that God is a complete mystery beyond human understanding, but accept the idea of a trinity or go to hell. The meaning of this doctrine has been argued for 1800 years and people have been killed as a result, and the brightest trinitarian minds still argue over it.
An article in Christianity Today (April 28, 1997), "Adding up the Trinity," states: "For most people and sadly, for most Christians also, the Trinity is the great unknown. The Trinity, to use a familiar equation, is viewed as a riddle wrapped up inside a puzzle and buried in an enigma. A riddle, for how can any entity be at the same time multiple (three) yet singular (one)? A puzzle, for the Trinity is is so clearly contrary to any rational thought as not to warrant a second thought from sensible people. An enigma, for even if the Trinity could be understood, of what practical value, even what religious value, would it have for ordinary people?"
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