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Have you seen or heard any other group saying and acting in similar ways? The video reminded me in many ways of the Southern Baptist Church I was raised in.

The pastor was being tactful. He was trying to recover me, to rescue me, to save me, to bring me back into the trinitarian fold. I was convinced then, and I remain convinced now, that he was acting with good intentions and with what he truly believed was in my best interest. It was more than...

I attended a United Methodist Church for a year. One day the pastor and I were talking and he asked why I had ceased being a trinitarian. He listened patiently as I briefly recounted my story. When I was finished he told me, “You have a good biblical basis for being non-trinitarian but it all...

I composed a children’s song about adonai and adoni. If I ever run across it in my files, I’ll share it with my readers. Adoni points his disciples to adonai.

There is unity and diversity in Christianity. (That doesn’t mean that all forms of Christianity are equal.) Different types of sub forums is, in my opinion, a better route to take than suppressing discussion of a topic or topics. The owner and powers that be may or may not eventually come to...

Everyone must be allowed to hear and weigh the evidence, then come to their own conclusions. It won’t do anyone any good to stand before Jesus and say “All my friends believed it.” Christianity is filled with wheat and tares. The church has taught good and right things; the church has taught...

Atheists aren’t Christians. Christians aren’t interested in hearing atheists preach and atheists aren’t interested in hearing Christians preach. Christians aren’t interested in hearing Christians preach on discussion forum. Maybe “preach” isn’t the best word selection. Just as an aside, I’m...

Thanks. I met him at a theological conference we attended together. I’m not sure but I think we were both speakers at that particular conference. He wrote a nice, personalized, inscription in my copy of his book. I just finished reading Tatian’s Address To The Greeks. He said something profound...

It’s still there and it’s there for the benefit of all members of Christianity Board. One topic is presently not allowed (by new policy) to be discussed there. What is orthodox and what is heterodox / unorthodox? A large and ever growing number of trinitarians have rejected historical orthodox...

I appreciate that, and I hope others will too. I wish the thoughts of all members of Christianity Board had been requested and those which were shared noted before a new policy was decided on and put in place. That’s all bridge under the water now. It may remain that way, but it doesn’t have...

Shutting down discussion of a topic, any topic, is shutting down discussion of a topic. It doesn’t address the real problem - the inability of people to control themselves. The same thing happened in church history. The conduct at early church councils is utterly appalling. Violence, in word...

Thread 'Policy - Topics That Can No-Longer Be Discussed at CyB' Policy - Topics That Can No-Longer Be Discussed at CyB

There is still a section where discussions like that can take place, but there’s a catch: Christians are prohibited from starting threads there. What trinitarian would voluntarily surrender the title “Christian”? Would the moderators go for it if someone did? What antitrinitarian would...

Sneaky brilliant.

It isn’t a translation. It’s history.

I think it’s a shame that trinitarians aren’t free to discuss their belief about God on a board which formerly stated that it supports that view. We all lose with the new policy.

It’s all in the way you express it, apparently. @Peterlag wrote a post this evening which asserts that Jesus became God in the 4th century. A moderator reviewed the post, at my request, and stated that it does not violate the new policy. I suppose the decision could be reconsidered and...

I was informed a few minutes ago that your post has been reviewed by the staff and found not to be in violation of the new policy! Having received that notification, I feel at liberty to comment on your assertion. You’ve hit upon an acceptable means of saying “Jesus is not God” while not using...

Tatian, to my relief, didn’t speak about the Aeons in Address To The Greeks. Fragments of his writings, however, confirm that he later did. I have a few writings of Tertullian left to read but I’’m putting it off for a bit and have begun reading Athenagoras’ A Plea For The Christians. (I’m...