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I don’t understand your comment. Right on.

I don’t agree with you that that’s what the translators of KJV did but I acknowledge the consistency in your point of view. * KJV is an[other] example of disrespect expressed in a trinitarian translation of the Bible which comes down to us from the Protestant Reformation? You answer, yes. I...

Thanks for the encouragement. Is that the way you answer all who inquire about what you think?

@MatthewG if I follow Jesus will he lead me to a deity which isn’t his God?

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” (Romans 8:16, KJV)

I believe Jesus is divine. I’d still like to hear your thoughts on 1 Samuel 28:18. NASB has the witch at Endor saying to Saul that she saw a divine being coming up out of the earth.

That’s not at all what I see Isaiah (a Jew, not a trinitarian!) saying, nor is that what I see Matthew saying happened. Luke 1:35 seals it for me. The angel states precisely the reason why Jesus would be called the Son of God. Man is called “God” (Heb. elohim; Gk. theos) in scripture. That’s...

I’m familiar with the passage. What do you want say about it?

The NASB is my “workhorse” translation @theefaith but for private reading you might be surprised to hear that I prefer and enjoy the NABRE - a Catholic translation. I customarily follow a Bible reading plan every year. I have a preference for reading the Bible in chronological order but this...

Thanks. I see the divine nature in all Christians. I guess that means that I don’t see you as you see yourself. I wasn’t expecting the conversation to take that turn.

There’s way too much in your for me to do justice to in a single response. I’ll cut to the chase: I expect Christians to be Christlike - Godlike, if you prefer. I don’t think that’s really possible without being filled with the Holy Spirit. If it is only our human nature on display then there...

Thank you. I’ll try to remember that. I do find it curious though that you don’t use Catholic translations for apologetics. Is that because you choose to use a Protestant translation when speaking with Protestants, or is there another reason? Given what you’ve said about Catholics being the...

I grabbed this on the fly. I haven’t read the article in full. I didn’t even bother to check to see who wrote it. It could have been typed by a chimpanzee for all I know. Whatever the source, it contains the concept I searched for. “We need to walk according to the divine nature, partake of the...

@theefaith which translation(s) of the Bible do you use? I assume you use one or more Catholic translation. I’ve used both Catholic and Protestant translations when posting to you. Are you amenable to Protestant translations or do you insist on a Catholic translation?

Yes. I’m asking if it has happened to you.

If that’s what you see and believe by faith then that’s what you see and believe. The problem I have with that is deciding that that’s what other people must see and believe in order to be Christian. That’s the path the RCC took and Protestantism, for the most part, has stayed on that path...

You’re one person. Do you have two natures?

What about the statement now? We could ask and answer, How can a Christian or a Jew be God? We could also ask and answer, How can a man be God? The first step though, it seems to me, is to ask and answer the basic question, Can a man be God? If the answer is no, then there’s no need to ask...

On the whole, I’ve found that Catholic scholarship deals more honestly with scripture than Protestant scholarship does when it comes to the Trinity. That’s why I’ve said that if I ever become persuaded the Trinity is the one true God that I would likely convert to Catholicism rather than...

“It’s not required to be in scripture.” A recurring theme in Catholic scholarship when discussing the doctrine of the Trinity.