[Alamo-Girl]

NOWHERE in the Bible does Jesus Christ utter the phrase, "I am God."

The Jews seemed to understand that was what Jesus was saying here:

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. - John 8:58-59

From the Law:

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. – Exodus 3:14

And again,

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground. – John 18:6

God's Name is I AM.

[wagglebee]

The Jews seemed to understand that was what Jesus was saying

I am well aware of this. Catholics, Orthodox and nearly all Protestants have ALWAYS believed this.

My point, which many seem to have either not understood or ignored in order to advance an agenda, was that when certain sects misinterpret Scripture to deny that Christ is God or to deny the Holy Trinity, Christians adhere to BASIC CHRISTIAN DOGMA and reject misinterpretation of the Bible.

The statement in the article was that, "For an interpretation of Scripture to be acceptable (which does not mean it is necessarily correct), it must at least conform to the basic dogmatic teachings of the Church." The FACT that so many have been so outraged at me for pointing out that certain sects have used the lack of the phrase, "I am God," to deny His Divinity and lack of the word Trinity to deny the Holy Trinity, has only PROVEN the statement from the article. Christians HAVE demanded adherence to "basic dogmatic teachings" regarding Christ's Divinity and the Holy Trinity.