You’ll not find much thoughtfulness on these threads. What got my attention on another thread about the Bible was a comment by an EO poster to the effect that Protestantism or the Reform movement wasn’t a concern of the Eastern Church. They were Catholic cults and a Catholic problem.
It is a great insight. They simply reject certain Catholic doctrines as non-Biblical, but accept other traditions equally non-Biblical.
Instead of reading the Bible as God’s pure word, it gets polluted by an imputed meaning which then is “discovered” throughout the Bible so as to support a predetermined doctrine. I’ve asked for the best scriptural support for the Trinity and defeated each one over and over again, but to no avail. There isn’t a search for truth going on in the Religion Forum at all.
I agree totally. Just an example or two: Genesis 1:26 And Go said, Let us make man in “Our” image, after our likeness-—and 27: So God Created man in his own image,in the image of God created he him. Male and female created he them.
I cannot tell how many times I have heard, “That doesn’t mean that.” The same wording is found in Gen: 5:1-5 describing Adam’s son Seth.
Heb: 1:2 Tells us God made the “Worlds”. All new bible versions say “World” or “Universe” as if The Universe would have only one world.