RE: Indoctrination & Mental Gymnastics
January 16, 2015 at 8:46 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2015 at 9:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 16, 2015 at 7:28 pm)Lek Wrote: Except for the episcopalians, who officially espouse the doctrine of the Trinity as far as I can tell, I definitely feel that these denominations embrace an incorrect understanding of the nature of Christ.Not -your- version of the trinity....even "the trinity" has many interpretations, and they don't require that anyone even hold -that- position (they're comfortable with anyone who professes faith in jesus christ - the rest creates useless division, to their "official" minds). I'm glad you finally saw the light, though. Now if only the rest of you would.
Those non-trinitarians, btw, will point to scripture all...day...long (trinitarianism doesn't come from the bible, it comes from christian culture). Many of them feel that you are a pagan. You'd balk at such an implication, I'm sure (and not without justification). In the spirit of christian brotherhood, I think that you should all recognize that your positions are on equal ground. I see no reason for you to include Episcolpalians (horseshoes and hand grenades) but exclude Unitarians (these guys are just non-literalists...you don't have a problem with that, right?), LDS (nutballs, admittedly, but christian nutballs nonetheless) or Witnesses(their organization is pure cult...but you won't find an un-biblical bone in it's body), for example. Quakers....anybody who won't tent up with a quaker is bad news....even I like quakers...lol. Within the trinatarian sub-tent...you'll actually find that there are still differences and nuance in various sects christology, btw, and all of this is ignoring the fact that individual believers don't always believe everything exactly as the boss tells it, eh?
(I'm sitting here reading all the shitty things that CARM has to say about Witnesses, for example, thinking to myself...."doesn't this fucker realize that all of his criticism of them apply equally to any denomination - including his own? -I'd be a good CARM writer....it would seem, and that's telling)
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