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He doesn't say. He can't be appealing to any higher authority than His own, because there isn't any higher authority than His. I'm not thinking of the whole gospel as a parable. I'm thinking of the Bible gospels as collections of sayings and parables.

I’m honestly not sure what your question is. There is a doctrine called “Trinity doctrine.” That is not words from the scriptures, so I wouldn’t call it divine revelation. The parts of the scriptures that it’s affirming are divine revelation, but they are not the Trinity or the Trinity doctrine...

I’m honestly not sure what your question is. There is a doctrine called “Trinity doctrine.” That is not words from the scriptures, so I wouldn’t call it divine revelation. The parts of the scriptures that it’s affirming are divine revelation, but they are not the Trinity or the Trinity doctrine...

I mention it because in the gospel stories people ask Jesus about it sometimes, and He answers as if it means something to Him. Just now I searched in the Bible for “saved.” In the Old Testament, most often it’s being saved from death. Sometimes it’s being saved from captivity, oppression or...

I'm thinking that in Abrahamic scriptures, when the word "one" is applied to God, it is not about how many of Him there are.

I don't know. I've never found an answer to that question. It might not have any meaning outside of a Jewish context.

I like this discussion of the Trinity doctrine: The Doctrine of the Trinity: No Christianity Without It It looks to me like when people try to defend the doctrine, or explain it to people who don't believe in it, they fall into one of those fallacies almost every time, most often some kind of...

By "your trinity," do you mean the Trinity doctrine of Christianity? Maybe that's the only way it works for you, but it isn't the only way that it works for me.

These are some examples of my disagreements with other people about the teachings of Jesus. Currently I'm thinking that: - the gospel of Jesus is about His kingdom, not about any salvation doctrine of Christianity. - the kingdom of Jesus is here and now, whenever and wherever people are serving...

I wouldn't be posting as a Christian disagreeing with other Christians, so I wasn' t sure if it should be on the Christian board. I also would not be posting about the beliefs of some other religion, Abrahamic or not. It's strictly my own personal views about what Jesus is saying and doing in...

- The sermons. - Washing each other's feet. - What Paul says about love. - What Paul says about the fruits of the Spirit.

Other people? The laws of the land where they live. (later) Actually, that applies to Jews also, along with the Jewish laws.

Now I’m thinking that I would like to discuss some of my disagreements with Christians about the teachings of Jesus, and this might be the best thread for that. I don’t think think that I’m disagreeing with Christians about serving and obeying Him above all others, and learning to live the way...

Now I might be interested in discussing some of my disagreements with Christians about the teachings of Jesus, but I’m not sure where to do that.

My views have changed a little since I started this thread. I was thinking of my view of the kingdom of Jesus as being opposed to Christian doctrines but I don’t think so now. It might not be what Christians think of as His kingdom, but apart from that, I don’t think that there’s anything in...

From some discussions that I’ve seen, and what I’ve read, I’m thinking that the Trinity doctrine was and is a response to people trying to resolve what look like contradictions in the scriptures by interpreting them in ways that resolve the contradictions, or by simply denying the authenticity...

The Trinity doctrine looks to me like some strings of words that can help people avoid some ways of thinking about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit that can impede our. progress and limit our possibilities in our relationship with God. Trying to explain it or even understand it, and arguing and...

I’m hoping to see ideas posted here about ways that people have learned to continually improve their attitudes and behavior, and the way they live their lives, learning to live the way Jesus says to live.

I’ll post random thoughts here as they come to me. One idea is to choose some qualities to work on like generosity and patience, and review progress each day. Also, look ahead to each day to situations that might come up and think about better ways of reacting to them.

I’m not a Christian, but I have a response to that. Jesus was not saying that the Jews had to abandon their law, but other people don’t have to follow it to enter His kingdom.