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Originally Posted by Ohio
Trapped, great post, spelling out so many truths. What makes conversations with BJB so frustrating are his constant fall backs, saying we are stuck with Lee-isms or old church-isms about trinitarian-isms.
I went so far as to "compromise" with BJB and concede with a "two-person" God, the Father and the Son, in a loving and eternal relationship. But BJB won't acknowledge or identify what he believes about Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the living God. Is He God or not? If not God, based on what? How then can He be eternal, much better than the angels, the Creator of all things, all-knowing, and how could He be sinless. How could He always do God's will, always know what the Father was speaking, always do what pleases Him, always be in the Father's presence? Until those few hours on the cross.
If it wasn't for the same errors inflicting the JW's and other cults throughout church history, identifying biblical truths concerning Jesus Christ, I would have stepped away from this unending discussion long ago.
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Thanks......boy was it an inner journey to get there. Truly never thought I'd be re-evaluating this teaching, that's for sure. If responding to BJB wasn't helping me sharpen my own understanding, I would also have stepped away a long time ago. Frustrating to continually affirm I am not talking about the Trinity, only to be immediately accused of being Trinitarian, when it's totally obvious through simple comprehension I'm not speaking of a Trinity. But, honestly, the Father being God and the Son also being God but are not the same God (in the same way a father is a man and his kid is also a man, but yet are not the same men) make so much more sense now, so overall its been valuable and I'm glad to be participating.