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Re: John MacArthur: POLYTHEIST?
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Originally Posted by Sam
"The Bible says that in the beginning there was only God. He has always been. God has no beginning and no ending. There were no sun, no stars, no planets, no Earth --and no people.There was just God But He was not alone, because God is really three persons --God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three together are God."
I Believe in Jesus
Leading Your Child to Christ
by John MacArthur copyright 1999
The way that Dr. MacArthur says that --that God was "not alone, because God is really three persons" sounds almost tri-theistic, doesn't it?
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I didn't notice this post earlier. It is very polytheistic.
I really enjoy JM's bible teaching, it is some of the finest I've heard. What I think is that many trinitarians simply accept the trinity as orthodoxy becuase its what they've been fed all their lives, but in reality it just doesn't make any sense. But they have been preconditioned against any other view so that even when exposed to another view such as oneness, they are automatically on the defensive. I think that is whats stifling fellowship more than anything is that some folks are judging other folks in areas where they themselves admit to have absolutely no idea how their trnity doctrine makes sense. (see other thread here: http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=31809)
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