Tom,

Concerning my replies... these posts are threaded and break up the conversation. I'm trying for succinct, below (you may disagree!)

May I say this to you? I opened up a can of worms with this topic. Tom, I admit and agree that we need to be able to explain ourselves, on this topic of the Trinity. I was wrong to say what I did. It comes down to what is the true biblical understanding... of the short hand word ‘trinity’ or ‘tri-une.’ I also want to suggest that this shorthand word might be missing the point.

Here’s the list I’m coming up with... where I’m at. I’m not asking for you to answer, I need to personally look into. “Why I’m studying/questioning the Trinity doctrine, and seeking the proper scriptural understanding of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:”


1. Trinitarian means different things to different people. AND I need to know more about the history/roots of the doctrine, etc.
2. Christians are accused of not worshipping one God. Distinct comparisons with pagan trinities are brought up. Babylonian/Gnostic influences have always been there for the early Church.... Roman Catholicism. Which I can’t help BUT look at. I need to know more.
3. I have to understand why some Christians who believe the same as I do reject ‘the Trinity’, but quote the same verses that Pilgrim posted, for the same reasons, in the same way. And why some people who believe in the Trinity quote the same verses in the same context. And I’m baffled. IT MAKES ME THINK, THAT FOR AS MUCH AS THE 'TRINITY' DOCTRINE AIMED TO CLEAR THINGS UP... MAYBE IT HASN'T.
4. I have a problem with authority. Which I stated in my posts to you and Pilgrim, and why.
5. Alignment of whom I consider enemies of Christ... are targeting non-Trinitarians/ Post-Trib/Non-Dispensationalists.

I believe in basic Christian truth/doctrine. (yes, I said doctrine,) I’m not any sect, or JW, or cult follower. I’m a fundamentalist believer in Jesus Christ. My issues I recapped above. I do appreciate your comments and replies. I’m not looking for the answers to the above recap in this forum... Because alot of the sources to explore further would not be here. Unless you wish to comment. It’s just a recap.


-Kathy

Here are 2 documents that I plan to study

http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/trinhistory.htm
The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity


http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/ugstsymposium.htm

Avoiding the Achilles Heels of Trinitarianism, Modalistic Monarchianism, and Nestorianism: The Acknowledgement and Proper Placement of the Distinction Between Father and Son