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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
That was my main pit there- if you put in a comma at a certain place, you alter the meaning, it changes meaning depending on where one puts a nonexistent comma.
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More than that, there's evidence that the orthodoxy messed around with the Greek manuscripts.
John 8:1-11, for example, was an add in in later manuscripts. And I like "let him without sin cast the first stone." But just because I like it doesn't mean that it's an accurate authentic story about Jesus.
We become emotionally attach to these things, to these traditions passed down thru the ages. That, perchance is the case with Jesus is God, and three persons -- walking the earth, at the same time, all of them killed on the cross (silly ... I know ... sorry) -- and it hurts deeply when our heart is attached and entrenched in them, and they're threatened and denied.
That's why arguing with logic and reason is useless in changing minds.
Therefore, we need to argue using henosis, like is found in Ephesians 4:3 & 13. Then we might find a common ground, and whether or not Jesus is God or not, and the same with "him" being 3 persons, produces disunity.
Henosis produces unity, like Ephesians says. And I'm not even a fan of Ephesians - it's disputed that it's written by Paul. But I'm a fan of henosis, and it's the only book that uses henosis (evidence that it might not be by Paul).