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To: fso301; boatbums; daniel1212; Elsie
I can understand how they would come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is a distinct divinity, coequal and coeternal with God and Christ but I can also understand from scripture how a person might decide the Holy Spirit is more likely to be a force, or God's presence.

Since you hold that the Father and Son are divine, but the Holy Spirit as a "force," I think this means you are an Armstrongite. They believe in a "open Godhead", similar to the Mormons, wherein they also will become "God" provided they follow all of the commandments (as they see it), including Jewish law (or their silly understanding of it). The Godhead is thus larger than a trinity in their view, but is initially limited to just the Father and the Son with the Spirit being only a force.

Like Mormons they also do not really have their trust in Jesus Christ. They believe that salvation comes not from Christ, but from their own obedience to their church institution and the works of the law. The fact that cults such as these also disbelieve the Trinity is just, well, a very common characteristic. All groups that deny the Trinity, also deny salvation by grace alone, and not by our merits.

117 posted on 07/04/2014 5:13:01 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Since you hold that the Father and Son are divine, but the Holy Spirit as a "force," I think this means you are an Armstrongite.

I'm not sure where you got that from my post. I wrote:

I can understand how they would come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is a distinct divinity, coequal and coeternal with God and Christ but I can also understand from scripture how a person might decide the Holy Spirit is more likely to be a force, or God's presence.

120 posted on 07/04/2014 5:21:20 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; boatbums; daniel1212; Elsie
Since you hold that the Father and Son are divine, but the Holy Spirit as a "force," I think this means you are an Armstrongite.

I'm not sure where you got that from my post. I wrote:

I can understand how they would come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is a distinct divinity, coequal and coeternal with God and Christ but I can also understand from scripture how a person might decide the Holy Spirit is more likely to be a force, or God's presence.

121 posted on 07/04/2014 5:22:26 PM PDT by fso301
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