I am was being hopeful, I rewrote that line four times, and gave up. I am hoping Alan will not go from tradition, and use scripture instead. Not all protestants believe the human spirit is immortal either, but I think that is another thread.Pretty sure Catholics believe the human spirit is eternal just like Protestants? (Diz, Jan 12)
It is no surprise that Trinitarian(?) christians (?) were amongst most the early Mormons also. But these ‘christians’ either didn’t have enough sense, or understand their bible well enough to recognize Josephs plagiarism of the bible, and such, so then I don’t expect their biblical depth was anything to speak of either. That is my point: a lack of understanding may be excusable, but the refusal to understand and look into the evidence is no excuse, especially when the evidence is so overwhelming and accessible. When Joseph announced his polytheistic teaching (i.e. the King Folett discourse 1844, or so) many left him then, those who left Joseph give me hope in reason.It may surprise you to know that there were many trinitarians that associated with Russell early on…’ (Editor, Jan 12)
Remember more than half the world is polytheistic. Most 'all the world was Polytheistic' at the time of Christ and prior. Understanding the Oneness of the Judean Christian God changed this understanding for over half the world, for awhile. This is still the main contention and difference between Western and Eastern religion today. The Deity of Christ is the main theological contention between Judaism, Islam and Christian beliefs today.
The majority of world religions seem to see the difference, so to suppose this is an area of doctrine that Christians or truth seekers find ‘too hard to understand’, or it isn’t vital to know, or it’s just ok, because there are people on both sides, etc. would be saying God has not been able to explain clearly what He commanded, and stressed as a foundational principle and identification, between the true God and the false gods. Maybe some can’t understand, and others want to disagree, fine, and why not? My job is to just exhort and teach what I know, and let others decide. But I will never contend that it is unknowable, or of less importance because some want to differ. I have seen great success, growth, and life, come from believers who are shown the basic scriptures and reasons that explain the Oneness of God, and the Deity of Christ.
(True Dwight lots of verses to note, there are just too many to list! The Baker and Naves Topical Bibles each have about 50 pages of correlating verses... I will note the list of precepts I made on page 35, Sept 8, in this thread on that thought, just to remind myself I have something to justify my belief: http://theos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... ent#p65644 )