Dividing over Oneness

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Please elaborate? I believe some doctrines are inspired by demons. And this is on of them.

Thanks, Elder. But my question first: "Can you demonstrate, or 'prove' that the Doctrine of the Trinity has its origins 'in the pits of hell'?" Imagine that you had that as an assignment in a Bible College class. How would you start? What can you show for evidence?

And remember, I'm already on your side of the Oneness argument, so I'll be a sympathetic listener.

I've got the same "challenge" out on another thread concerning John 3:5. I said that the statement "born of the water" in that verse does not refer to water baptism. My point being, Acts 2:38 contains the "whole package" salvation message, but John 3:5 does not. Again, I'm already on the side that says the Bible clearly teaches "baptism in Jesus name for the remission of sins," so you'll have a sympathetic ear for your argument on this one as well.

Let me tack this on: my counter arguments will rely heavily upon the books I mentioned in the earlier post:

"I recommend 2 excellent books by David Bernard: Oneness and Trinity, A.D. 100-300 and Trinitarian Controversy in the Fourth Century. You can get them as a part of the complete works of DKB in electronic format at: the PPH."