How did you become "Oneness"?

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Originally Posted by Esaias

I was just asking "how you became Oneness", not "are you Oneness".



What in the world does that have to do with anything?

I guess my point was that when you are born into an intense religious belief system it is part of your life from your earliest memories and naturally becomes a part of you.

I mentioned the part about me still being Oneness now but believing the vast majority of Christians believe in one God including trinitarians because my upbringing in the UPC and UPC bible college experience indoctrinated me to believe that trinitarians, the vast majority of Christians, believed in 3 Gods.

I was all in on the us against them godhead position and did my share of debating with any trinitarian who dared to take me on. I was a huge fan of Marvin Hicks and attended one of his famous debates with a trinitarian in person as a teenager (HIcks-Reynolds debate - 1975 I believe).

Once I left the UPC and began attending an exUPC church at the age of 23 I was exposed to more than one point of view and started looking at God's word with fresh eyes and realized almost all christians believe in one God.

The bottom line is that I do not believe any of us will fully understand the godhead until we are in heaven. I was taught "Oneness" from birth on and accept many of the tenants of that belief. I am uncomfortable with aspects of trintarian doctrine as I am Oneness folks. I think God only asks that we believe he is One God when it comes to the godhead and getting bogged down into how we parse that is pointless and diverts us from the great commission. I know there are those on here who think understanding and believing the Oneness view is a litmus test for salvation but I respectfully disagree.