Our Trinitarian Brothers and Sisters in Christ

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Orthodoxy

Who is Steve Epley and why should I care what he says?

NO one and you shouldn't but you should care what the Apostles said more than some pinhead.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I have met maybe two Trinnies in my life who really thought that God is 3 persons as in three separate individuals-- maybe a couple more if you want to count my elementary school friends.

The Bible says, "Great is the mystery of Godliness...."

The word "rapture" is a convention to describe a biblical truth.
The word, "Trinity" fits in the same category.


For most folks, the difference is semantics.

Trinity people don't believe Jesus is the father therefore they believe in more then one god. that means they don't serve the same god as me so they are not my brother or sister in christ

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

Trinity people don't believe Jesus is the father therefor they believe in more then one god that means they don't serve the same god as me so they are not my brother or sister in christ

They don't believe in more than 1 god.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

They don't believe in more than 1 god.

Look it up.... They believe they are one in "unity"

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

Look it up.... They believe they are one in "unity"

I attend church and fellowship with a lot of them.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who is a Trinitarian who believes in 3 gods.

The Trinity just isn't presented that way.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I attend church and fellowship with a lot of them.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who is a Trinitarian who believes in 3 gods.

The Trinity just isn't presented that way.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity
Your mistaken

[TruthGuy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I attend church and fellowship with a lot of them.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who is a Trinitarian who believes in 3 gods.

The Trinity just isn't presented that way.

I'm a Oneness believer, and yet even I must say that the Trinity is misunderstood most of the time. Anti-Trinitarians that simply want to bash "the other guy" say that the Trinity is 3 Gods, and polytheism- This is not true!!!

The Trinity, as is held by its proponents, is 1 God comprised of three distinct (not separate) persons, all are God in every sense, yet still are just 1 God.

I'm of the opinion that Oneness proponents should drop the sound bytes and study, for themselves, what their opponents believe (Is this not what the Bible says: to prove all things! When you always look at things from your POV, you don't prove anything, you simply justify your existing beliefs!) What better way to know what you believe than to know, for yourself, why your opponent is wrong!

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

Look it up.... They believe they are one in "unity"

Look it up, there is a huge diversity of thought on the matter and many, many ways in which it has been articulated over the centuries - just like there is with us on Oneness. It's difficult to lump everyone together. You certainly can't lump everyone together very neatly.

For this reason alone, it is the height of hubris and folly to pretend to be able to judge the eternal destinies of millions (billions!) of souls that we have never known nor heard out on the matter.


"Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother." Romans 14:13

[Norman]

The word "rapture" is a convention to describe a biblical truth.
The word, "Trinity" fits in the same category

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Not so. "Rapture" means "caught up," which is found in the Bible. "Trinity" is usually understood to mean "God in three persons," which is not found in the Bible.

[Hoovie]

I suspect Epley would not say this same thing in his church... He enjoys the liberties of a media sounding board.

Certainly, if someone said something like, "I have NO Trinity Brothers and Sisters in Christ. There are NO Trinitarians in Christ." in my church I would walk out.