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Religion; Who's right and who's wrong?
Topic Started: May 28 2008, 03:13 AM (272 Views)
Goda
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Then unless He is three beings, He is one being. The trinity is neither of those.

Belief in more than one god is not contrary to the bible. Worship of more than one god, is prohibited by " Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " and "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. "
Edited by Goda, Jun 10 2008, 04:50 AM.
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Szekely
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Goda
Jun 10 2008, 04:35 AM
Belief in more than one god is not contrary to the bible. Worship in more than one god, polytheism, is prohibited by " Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " and "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. "
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Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated mythology and rituals.
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Goda
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"deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force "

deity = a god

Satan = a deity

believing in the existence of Satan and of God, makes polytheism.

outrageous claim? idk

I'm arguing that believing in more than one god is not contrary to Christianity, but worshiping is.

I'd also like to point out that the ten commandments dont specify false gods. it just says "no other gods before me"

Matt edit: Editing your posts after you make them is not cool. Write all you have to say before clicking post and not after, especially when you know someone else is going to reply.
Edited by Szekely, Jun 10 2008, 05:02 AM.
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Satan is not a God, nor has he ever been called one, except by Satanic cult members, but they don't count.

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Satan is a term that originates from the Abrahamic faiths, being traditionally applied to an angel in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a jinn in Islamic belief.
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jesusfreak574

If that is the definition of deity, then I wouldn't equate deity with god. Unfortunately, I think deity and god are pretty much the same thing, so that's a pretty poor definition of deity.

Anyway, what twelve apostles don't believe in the Trinity? Yours, or the twelve in the New Testament? Anyway, it is presumptuous to say anyone knows what the original twelve believed so many years ago, which is why we look at what they wrote and what they did to determine their beliefs. Obviously, they believed in God the Father. They were all Jews, after all. They all believed in the deity of Jesus, because they followed him devoutly, saw him raised from the dead, and were so convinced of his deity that they were willing to die for him. And finally, after the Pentacost, they had to believe in a Holy Spirit as well. Something rained down from heaven in tongues of fire and allowed them to speak in other languages. Basically, I don't know where the opposing claim about the twelve apostles comes from.
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Goda
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Them believing in the Father, and in the Son, and in the Holy Ghost, gives no support for the trinity. The deity of Christ is no support for the trinity either. He is the Son of God, therefore He is deity like God. Similar thing with western monarchies of old. The prince was the son of the king, and was royalty just like the king.


thats not exactly a poor definition of deity, its a broad one. you can have a more strict one, but if someone wants to define something as their deity, let them...doesn't matter if their deity is like other deity or not.
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jesusfreak574

I think that last statement is foolish. Someone defining something as a deity doesn't make it any more God-like than me deciding you're wearing purple socks makes your feet clad in purple socks. People better get their deity right, or they could be screwed when they die. I say that because I care, by the way.

Adam, I think we've already hashed out what I see as support for the Trinity in the Bible. I don't want to repeat old conversations necessarily. I'd just challenge you to look at the text again, because if you're right, I simply end up with a lesser Heaven, but if I'm right, you end up in Hell. And neither of us want that.
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