Who created God?

Ah. So the terms Father, Son, Mother don't really mean exactly that, what they say? They are allegorical images used to try explain spiritual, non-temporal happenings to ordinary natural human beings? Mysteries actually?

 

Easy. You no longer have to "know", it's just there, immediate, raw, pure fire. Don't even have to engage the mind.

I seem to always like movies that don't do good at the box office. There was a Denzel Washington movie called "The Book of Eli". Had a lot of violence in it but I never pay attention to that, I'm looking for the deeper message. This one's got a sucker punch in it, in that throughout the whole movie, he has been walking by pure faith and not sight.

 

Train still moving ever closer to the end of the line. No one has all the answers, we're all just leaves in the wind now. Got to get ready for my morning walk. My sister's usually not a happy camper if I'm late.

 

..so you claim.

At the very beginning of his reign, he deemed it proper to promulgate by law the Church's belief in the Trinity and the Incarnation, and to threaten all heretics with the appropriate penalties, whereas he subsequently declared that he intended to deprive all disturbers of orthodoxy of the opportunity for such offense by due process of law.

There was also war going on between the Vandals in North Africa and the Goths in Italy. [ both Arians ]
He was VERY much concerned with "making Rome great again" .. who does that sound like?

 

No mystery ... would you rather the Bible used the term "God the Mother" instead? Some people would.

 

Deliberately misunderstanding the point, as usual. Cheers ...

Not really. It just flicks back to the beginning and starts again chugging ponderously along the same old track, as if the whole journey had never happened

 

I am not ignoring the power of the Holy Spirit .. I do understand what you are referring to.
However, we can all go through life claiming that "we are the ones", each group having different understandings.
There is no need to quote the Bible, if "all you need is love"

 

No, I'm not .. the Father IS a mystery, if you don't have proper knowledge of Him.

 

Yes .. well.
As you are confused about my "Arian beliefs" about the nature of the soul, I was confused about yours.
I thought that you were a mainstream Catholic that believes in an eternal hell.

 

No, we don't .. because we can't.
Same old.

The fact remains that Justinian was passionate about defeating the Arians, and condemned them both by serious penalty for 'heretics' [ non-Niceans], and waging war.
He condemned Origen's writings to be burnt .. who was highly respected in his era.

 

Makes no sense to me .. eternal hell is there for OUR sakes?
Either it is real or it is not.
You seem to be suggesting that it is a case of "empty threats".
I don't see it like that at all .. but then, I'm "an Arian".

An Arian that does not believe what is said about them by the Roman Christians who despised them.
[ as many still do ]

 

@Thomas ..and, of course, you still haven't told us how many different "spiritual substances" actually exist..
..or what that even means

i.e. what is a soul "created" from?

 

You mean, that the said wars never happened during the reign of Justinian?
I've already said that that is something that would be difficult to hide.

I don't see ANY point at all in scrapping over what might or might not be propaganda.