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    Thoughts about Trinity beliefs

    No and no.
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    One God, Many Paths

    There are free access journals, and many university libraries still maintain print journals in the stacks. Scientific research is not completely hidden from the public.
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    One God, Many Paths

    As society has changed, people interpret texts differently In the American Civil War, the Confederacy used the example of slavery in the bible to... defend slavery It is no longer common for people to take the example of slavery in the scriptures as condoning or prescriptive.😑
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    One God, Many Paths

    Not just governments but societies, cultures
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    Thoughts about Trinity beliefs

    Why not? I mean it is one thing if you could see a phenomenon and just have to accept you couldn't explain it but - The Trinity is an idea. So if you can neither see nor understand it - What is it that obligates people to consider and believe?
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    Thoughts about Trinity beliefs

    This is very helpful thanks!
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    Thoughts about Trinity beliefs

    Using a number as a noun can be done. But when a number is used as a noun it is usually in substitute for another noun. What if someone were to ask you "the three what?" though? What would you call it?
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    Thoughts about Trinity beliefs

    Other than your questioning of the word person, what you are saying sounds like orthodox trinitarianism to me.
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    Religion as Self Fulfilling Prophecy

    Right, that's well known. And not really in reference to my point. What I was referring to was your quote of Proverbs and the reference to Christ That is a Christian perspective, just a reminder that Judaism does not interpret passages of the Hebrew Bible in the same way.
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    Religion as Self Fulfilling Prophecy

    Don't forget that Old Testament references are interpreted completely differently in Judaism.
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    One God, Many Paths

    An ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and demonstrating how, is most definitely a constructive form of guidance.
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    One God, Many Paths

    In Christianity, the development of different denominations is a form of updating. People relied on the authority of the Bible and their spiritual leaders and the perception that the existing institutions were not accurately representing the Bible, so they split off to form denominations that...
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    One God, Many Paths

    That's what I asked? LOL we were both asking one another what we were calling science? That's too funny. Anyhoo, I kinda deplore the overgeneral use of the word "science" to mean a rather undefined monolith. Realistically, when people refer to science, they COULD be referring either to the...
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    Jesus as sacrifice, scapegoat and ransom

    Interesting - I looked him up and found this for review for anyone interested https://metafysikos.com/en/jean-borella-enlightenment-of-mystical-theology/ https://thechristianmysteries.blogspot.com/2011/11/jean-borella.html
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    Jesus as sacrifice, scapegoat and ransom

    I believe that or something like that may be the Mormon (LDS) view.
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