Re: Bible Answer Man Converts to Eastern Orthodox!
This is a really silly argument because Athanasius used the term "become God" so perhaps Lee was being consistent with that?:
Athanasius said:
"For the Son of God became man so that we might become God."
So it was Athanasius who first knowingly, intentionally, deliberately used a specific word/term that has huge, far-reaching theological implications.
Clement of Alexandria, Theophilus of Antioch, Hippolytus of Rome, Gregory of Nazianzus and others also used the term "become".
Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology also says: It is possible for man to become like God, to become deified, to become god by grace.
So maybe you should take it up with historians and early church fathers and the theologians about the use of the term, because the term is ubiquitous in Christianity.
In your previous post you interpreted "become" as two Divine lifes and natures, which amounts to saying there are two God's. That is your interpretation that there are two God's, not mine or Lee's or Athanasiu's. I don't know any Christian who would entertain the thought that there are two God's. Instead perhaps there are different meanings of the word "become", but only one life and nature.
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