In religion, mystery eventually wins out over logic and always has. For example, Arianism of the 3rd & 4th centuries taught that God the Father preceded and was superior in some ways to God the Son. It seemed logical that a father would precede a son and so they could not be co-eternal. So, God the Father Creator must be superior in some way to any created being, even God the Son. Also, Arianism taught that Jesus Christ as God the Son was not quite human and not quite fully divine. After all, it seemed a logical contradiction that Christ could be both fully human and fully divine. But this was far too logical and so lost out to the mystery of the Trinity and was condemned as heresy at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Once upon a time in Michigan, there was a State Mental Hospital in Kalamazoo. In which,there were three patients, each of whom claimed to be Jesus Christ. Their doctors decided the best way to cure them of their delusions was to lock all three in the same room for 30 days.After the 30 days were up, they asked one of the patients if he still thought he was Jesus. " Oh no!" he said. "I'm the Father (pointing at the other two), he's the Son. And he's the Holy Ghost!".
davknight
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July 27, 2019
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One bunch of deluded idiots arguing that their delusion was better than that of another bunch of deluded idiots.
This sort of theological bantering amounts to nothing more than mental masturbation of the most unsatisfying and pointless kind.
LenHazell53
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July 27, 2019
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I don't disagree with you. My point was that even if you attempt to be logical in religion, you eventually lose out to those who simply say that everything is just a bleeping mystery because saying that everything is just a mystery means you don't really have to explain anything. Just have blind faith in the incomprehensible.
@Heraclitus
I have had religious people tell me Logic is an invention of the devil and has no part in a godfearing righteous life.
This is what I believed as a Jehovah's Witness. Jesus was a lesser divinity even though he was 'begotten, not made' like all other creation. I suppose the Church felt Jesus had to be fully human so that he could compensate for the sin of Adam- otherwise, it wouldn't be a fair propitiation. I can't remember what the problem was with being a lesser divinity. Maybe it didn't sit right with the Trinity idea.
brentan
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July 27, 2019
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Well, in the Catholic Church, if Christ wasn't fully God, he couldn't be completely counted on to make a full atonement and redemption of all our sins. You can't put your absolute faith in someone who is not absolute himself.
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