But I've "spewed" no heresies, merely taken the New Testament to mean what it says about Jesus.
That brings me to religious opinions which are quite similar to many (not all) of our Founders.
So I am here to defend them against the hatred you spew at me.
MHGinTN: "If I believed you were hung up on comprehending Whom Jesus Is, then I would offer the following little essay which I have offered here at FreeRepublic on occasion of such conundrum:
***posts lengthy Trinitarian exegesis*** "
FRiend I have not denied that you offer up a valid understanding, and I don't criticize you for it.
I merely point out that there are other possible understandings, and that both our Founders and today's "restorationists" Christians had/have different views.
What you will not find, in most Founders, is any explicitly Trinitarian language beyond what the New Testament itself says about Jesus.
That's because our Founders' Christianity was influenced to more-or-less degrees by ideas from Enlightenment Age theism/deism, Unitarian and/or Freemasonry.
These are ideas which you find so objectionable in yours truly, BroJoeK, but seem perfectly happy with in our Founders.
But I’ve “spewed” no heresies, merely taken the New Testament to mean what it says about Jesus.
***Sure you have. You just have your head in the spiritual sand and refuse to pull it out so you could see.
So I am here to defend them against the hatred you spew at me.
***You’re failing. You’ve been defending the heresy and have rightfully been tagged a heretic. Jesus has harsh words for false teachers as yourself, basically calling you a son of satan. Perhaps you think He was being too harsh, that we should be respectful towards outright heresy when Jesus would obviously be calling you a son of satan.