[csense]

Jesus didn't teach the trinity. He said "I and the Father are One" "He who has seen me has seen the Father" = etc - Many take this in the manner of speaking of the time - to mean, I and the Father are one and who has seem me... means, we are one in thought, in deeds, in precepts...that Jesus, as God's living representative on earth, whatever He said/did was in complete harmony with the Father = and He came to teach us to know and do the same...as our heritage.

But even this line of reasoning presents problems. When, on the cross, Christ said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me," that statement pretty much conflicts with the three points I highlighted in your statement. Christ wasn't just mouthing lines in a play when he said that. He was sincere, and truly, God did forsake him for that brief period of time. I think a lot of people have a hard time understanding that, let alone, accepting it.

For God to truly be righteous, it is something that had to be done to the one who paid the price for our sins, and it is profound beyond imagination.

God's ways, are not our ways, and I think we tend to deem ourselves a bit too important when we think we can understand the nature of God, let alone sum it up in a few sentences.

[maine-iac7]

God's ways, are not our ways, and I think we tend to deem ourselves a bit too important when we think we can understand the nature of God, let alone sum it up in a few sentences

BINGO

Let alone decide who is, and who is not, Christian -