J,
Let me attempt to explain.
First, Jesus Christ IS The Son of God. God has placed MUCH of His power in the 'hands of Christ'. What God WILLs is by NO possibility questionable by US. Christ WILL one day be our judge. But only 'God' may judge men, right? WRONG. ANYONE that God chooses to offer this power is able to do WHATEVER God wills them to do. We have tons of examples of EXACTLY what I am offering; Moses is a PERFECT example of what I offer. Moses did NOTHING of his OWN, ONLY what the Father WILLED him to DO.
Now, if God would offer a 'simple man' such as Moses the power to perform the miracles that he did before Egypt, how MUCH MORE would He bestow upon His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON? And, when we consider that the Son performed PERFECTLY according to His Father's will, just IMAGINE the power that has been bestowed upon Him. He will, one day, be the KING of this WORLD. That's QUITE a Kingdom, my friend.
So, if you realize that all those that oppose 'trinity' do NOT diminish The Son OR His power, you will PLAINLY see that there is NOTHING taken from Christ, only THAT MUCH MORE GIVEN. But NOT as the 'trinitarians' that would insist that God is NOT the ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD, would USURP the authority of the Father, and 'create' their OWN God in Jesus Christ. They ARE TWO with ONE purpose and intent. Father AND Son. 'Trinitarianism' teaches a 'part' of this 'truth'. For they teach that there are 'three' persons in ONE. Yet in truth there IS Father/God, Son/Christ who was 'given' the authority to 'represent' the Father when He came in the flesh. We have 'evidence' and 'proof' of this when we accept what has been offered, such as the 'Spirit DESCENDING upon Christ' upon His Baptism. That Spirit, my friend, WAS The Spirit OF GOD/The Father.
Let me offer something that most 'trinitarians' DON'T understand. The BIGGEST problem with the WORD 'trinitariansim' is the word ITSELF. For this word was used by a pagan people to describe a pagan god PREVIOUS to the introduction of Christianity into the Roman culture, (the SAME culture that ALREADY had a 'triune god'. How 'bizaar is that'? Never existed in the understanding of God BY HIS OWN CHOSEN PEOPLE, yet a group of 'Gentiles' comes along, already possessing a 'triune' god in their PAGAN religion, and simply INTRODUCE this SAME concept into Christianity that had NEVER existed previously. God's OWN CHOSEN PEOPLE had never even HEARD of this 'triune' concept from ANY of the PROPHETS or from God Himself. Pretty suspect if you ask me.
And then if you study just a 'tad' of history concerning the RCC, you quickly find that MUCH of the 'ritual' that was 'added' to Christianity, at ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS 'TRINITY'), is NOT Biblical AT ALL. It's like they simply introduced Christ into their PREVIOUS pagan religions and built from there.
The RCC would deny this, of course, but the information is 'readily' available to ANY that choose to find it. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Worshiping MARY, Calling a 'priest FATHER, worshiping statues, etc, etc, etc,,,,,,,, Check it out for yourselves. Even in some of their own information sources they offer that MUCH of their UNDERSTANDING is NOT Biblical, but 'created' by MEN.
Now, once one comes to this understanding of the formation of the RCC, it is OBVIOUS that when the Protestants 'separated' from them, they carried MUCH OF THIS RC BAGGAGE WITH THEM. Things that had been 'drilled' into their hearts and minds for CENTURIES, they were UNABLE to discern the 'truth' of, and simply carried it right along with them when they LEFT for a 'better' relationship WITHOUT all the CONTROL.The Control had ALREADY made it's mark though; in their 'UNDERSTANDING'.
It, (their understanding), had been 'tainted' to the point that they didn't even realize it. No different than those that 'thought' they were following the will of God durring the 'time of Christ'. Is there ANY doubt in ANYONE'S mind that PAUL 'thought' that he was following the 'will of God' by following the 'will of the religious leaders' that he worked for in his persecution of those that followed Christ. Perfect example of how EASY it is to perpetuate 'falsehood' if there is ENOUGH power at ones disposal to DO SO, and those that they have power OVER, have 'submitted' themselves to the WILL of those in power.
MEC
