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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
In that regard, it seems almost insane that people spend so much time arguing about a trinity god. I mean, we are 2000 years past Paul’s writing and the best we can do is argue over something that no one can come to an agreement over, and the basis for this argument is really the Nicene Creed, written 3 centuries after Paul’s writing, which seems to be taken as authority over Paul’s clear statement. So in other words, the argument over 1 cor15.45b, which, if that statement of Paul results in a theoretical theological argument that tries to squeeze in a trinity with perhaps a modalistic tendency which then would negate Paul’s clear relating to the Corinthians that there is one God, the Father, brings us to divisions of thought and sectarian associations, also negates Paul’s admonition in Ephesians to maintain a oneness be keeping the view of one Lord, Jesus and ONE God, the Father.
Is there perhaps a reason we do not grasp the concept of the Holy Spirit because we long left the scriptural instruction of the greatest commandment of loving the one true God and created a different entity which is now the replacement of the one true God. It seems to me that I read about this this falling away and false teaching business, and “fornication” somewhere in Revelation 2 and 3. That old Nicene creed created a nasty beast!! If the Spirit has walked away from it, but people holding on to it have unceasing theoretical arguments about it, and about the departed Spirit, that’s truly spiritual insanity.
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And it produced lethal insanity.
Back in the 16th c. the infamous but very popular (still today) John Calvin, condemned Michael Servetus. Servetus was burned with his books at the stake.
From Wiki:
"At his trial, Servetus was condemned on two counts, for spreading and preaching Nontrinitarianism, specifically, Modalistic Monarchianism, or Sabellianism, and anti-paedobaptism (anti-infant baptism).[31] Of paedobaptism Servetus had said, "It is an invention of the devil, an infernal falsity for the destruction of all Christianity."
Thank God for secularism, or we'd still be burning at the stake for not believing in the trinity ... even by Calvinists ... not to mention the RCC.