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1: SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin!
Arians (Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, Unitarians, The Way International) Modalists (United Pentecostal Church, UPCI) Muslims (Islamic) Jews (Note: No encyclopedia says Trinity is of pagan origin!) "The fact that the church fathers never defend trinity against a charge of pagan influence is significant. If the source was so obviously pagan, then there would have been a huge outcry! But as it is, in all the discussion of trinity, those who opposed it didn't compare the Christian trinity with pagan trinities." Six reasons why Christians didn't borrow trinity from the Pagans! Reason # Quoting themselves as their expert! click for ... Jehovah's Witnesses, for example have thousands of publications to chose from! Many of their examples of pagan Trinitarian gods, are nothing more than picking 3 of that cultures 100 and claiming they were worshipped as a trinity. Such is deceptive and unscholarly! Reason # Click to View Quoting Pagans, Atheists and Modernists! click for documentation ... ...
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2: Part1: Pagan Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ...
In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices of the Watchtower. If you can get a Jehovah's ... Click link for more. Various Trinitarian concepts exist. But generally the Trinity teaching is that in the Godhead there are three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; yet, together they are but one God. The doctrine says that ... "Star Witness" to prove trinity is pagan used several times in this booklet. Click on link for a real eye opener! What, exactly, is the Trinity? How do supporters of it explain it? How Is the Trinity Explained? Click to View The Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.' ... "Precisely what that doctrine is, or rather precisely how it is to be explained, Trinitarians are not agreed among themselves." ... ...
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3: Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ...
In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices of the Watchtower. If you can get a Jehovah's ... Click link for more. Various Trinitarian concepts exist. But generally the Trinity teaching is that in the Godhead there are three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; yet, together they are but one God. The doctrine says that ... "Star Witness" to prove trinity is pagan used several times in this booklet. Click on link for a real eye opener! What, exactly, is the Trinity? How do supporters of it explain it? How Is the Trinity Explained? Click to View The Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.' ... "Precisely what that doctrine is, or rather precisely how it is to be explained, Trinitarians are not agreed among themselves." ... ...
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4: The Top 10 List: "Worst of the worst" of Watchtower satanic quoting
Top 10 List of Watchtower Satanic Quoting: Click to View When a Jehovah's Witness reads this top ten list, they either conclude the Watchtower organization engages is satanic quoting practices, or become dishonest themselves! This list ... The Top 10 List: "Worst of the worst" of Watchtower satanic quoting in their booklet: "Should you believe in the Trinity?". This Satanic little booklet is used by Jehovah's Witnesses to deceive the public into thinking that Trinity is a pagan doctrine. The booklet quotes ... So while Hopkins believes Jesus and Paul rejected trinity, he says one sentence before, that the Gospel of John clearly teaches ... Egyptian theologians. ... three gods are combined and treated as a single being, addressed in the singular. In this way the spiritual force of Egyptian religion shows a direct link with Christian theology" Quoted by Watchtower ... What Gibbon is saying, is that the Bible itself was of pagan origin, not just 4th century Trinitarian doctrine! "Gibbon was an ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-top-ten-list-start.htm
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5: Encyclopedia Americana
Extensive quoting that misleads the reader to a conclusion opposite to what American actually says. Encyclopedia Americana Click to View Encyclopædia Americana, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication JW's love to quote major recognized works, but they deliberately practice selective quoting to deceptively project a view opposite ... that early Christian teaching" was not Trinitarian. "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine, the Son of God, and that as the risen, glorified Messiah or Lord, He was now at the right hand of God: required the use of theistic language." (Encyclopedia Americana, Trinity, p116) The correct way to quote this source ... Triune Hindu godhead, c. 7th century C.E. Throughout the ancient world, as far back as Babylonia, the worship of pagan gods grouped in threes, or triads, was ... At best the terms "substance" and "person" are themselves only symbolic, and point to a mysterious reality which cannot be either literally described or ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm
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6: Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries
Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote & False Dilemma: Trinitarian Too many to number here. See below. Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries Click to View Since the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are former ... "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.' In this Trinity . . . the Persons are ... seems to be correctly summed up by Epiphanius, when he says: "The One Godhead is above all declared by Moses, and the ... the Watchtower organization" or that Christians called themselves "Jehovah's Witnesses." "Nowhere in the Old Testament do ... Attempts have been made recently to apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the ... They prove man has no conscious existence after death by quoting a tiny section of a Greek dictionary that states, "spirit ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm
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7: Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans!
Bible Trinity is not Pagan Origin Click to View Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! (You have been lied to!) Introduction: 1. Six reasons ... Muslims and anti-Trinitarians, say trinity is of pagan origin. 5. Christian/pagan parallels are far broader than Trinity or angel-Christology ... of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) [NOTE: Lohse says, and correctly so, is that early Christians would frame Christian ... Far clearer and more fruitful suggestions presented themselves in the Old Testament" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church New York: ... Son Mighty God Click to View Devil god of world Click to View Angels gods Click to View Man gods Click to View Documentation: Dr. Bruce M. ... Only Atheists, Christianity Trashers, Jews, Muslims and Fellow anti-Trinitarians, say trinity is of pagan origin: The dishonesty of quoting ... Within the Watchtower article, Jehovah's Witnesses deliberately fail to tell you that Norton or Lamson is an anti-trinitarian. They always ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm
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8: Encyclopædia Britannica
Extensive quoting that misleads the reader to a conclusion opposite to what Britannica actually says. Encyclopædia Britannica Click to ... the decaying fabric of the empire with the strength of the Christian church. Neither view is very likely (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1971, Constantine, Vol. ... controversies." ("Should you believe the trinity" and Watchtower, Aug. 1, 1984, p. 21; quoting Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropedia, Vol. ... X, p.126, 1979) The impression the Watchtower leaves, is that Britannica says that Trinity is a pagan development 300 years after the apostles. In fact the ... Constantine's Conversion and Genuineness of Faith It is significant, for instance, not that the pagan gods and their legends survived ... only in the form of the dove and thus receded, to a large extent, in the Trinitarian speculation. Introduction of Neoplatonic themes. ... of faith: Father, Son, Holy Spirit-would be transformed into a hierarchy of gods graduated among themselves and thus into a polytheism. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm
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9: Trinity proof texts: John 8:58
Trinity Proof Texts Click to View John 8:56-59 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." The Jews ... Click to View The circus of Watchtower grammatical flip flops Click to View Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals Jesus Echoes Jehovah! Click ... Surely He will not kill Himself v22 the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me v18 Where is Your Father? v19 Click to View Ancient and ... look at Gen 18. In what follows, some may imagine that he says something plausible against us. "If," says he, "these people ... We worship one God, the Father and the Son, therefore, as we have explained; and our argument against the worship of other gods ... the two verbs in each passage are identical, and the verbs themselves used in each passage are identical. In other words, it is as if John (quoting Jesus' words in Greek) had taken the relevant words from ... Jehovah's Witnesses habitually quote faithless men like this to trash the trinity. ("The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm
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10: Trinity proof texts: John 1:1
... In the beginning was EVE, and EVE was with ADAM, and EVE was ADAM. SHE was in the beginning with ADAM. Logos Theology (Christadelphians) paraphrase of NASB to support themselves. ... There is no syntactical parallel to Acts 28:6 where there is a statement in indirect discourse; John 1:1 is direct....I am neither a Christian nor a Trinitarian." (Dr. J. Johnson ... The word "theos" in Acts 12:22 is anarthrous (lacks the definite article) but is in the genitive cases used to show possession, "gods". This means that it is not predicate nominative at all! The normal rendering for this verse would ALWAYS be "a god". And every translation renders it thus! Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #13 Click to View The Watchtower booklet, "Should You Believe In The Trinity" states: "The Journal of Biblical Literature says that expressions ... Click to View Click here to view full review of satanic quoting practices of the Watchtower. Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #15 Click to View William Barclay quoted by Watchtower John ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm
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11: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers
... to have predicted the current "laughter movement". The prophecy says that the movement will be known by its great street ministry, ... Toronto Blessing Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF) To see video of antics clicking here. Formerly, the Toronto Airport Vineyard ... Steve Hill had come in contact with the manifestations during a trip to the Holy Trinity Brompton church in the UK, and the last we heard ... Click to View Pensacola Blessing same as Brownsville blessing To see video of antics clicking here. Rex Humbard TV miracle healer Notorious for wild ... the event, but wrong about the date." (Toronto Leaders Speak for Themselves, Bob Hunter, 1997) "We have had word after word about "get ready, ... This will allow us to subdue the earth. Christians become "gods". Branham, William Faith healer and stated mentor for many leading ... false church - he was still revered as a true prophet by almost every major Pentecostal and Charismatic ministry (who are Trinitarian). ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm
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12: Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd
... Pagan Titus said to the Jews, "You wicked villains? Why do you trample upon dead bodies in this temple" (Wars 4.201,313; 6:110,126). ... Read Revelation right now with the above ideas in mind and the book becomes very simple. Imagine you are a Christian living in Jerusalem ... The author also owns 120+ additional Revelation commentaries in his Logos Software collection that span every point of view. Most of ... Or as the jazz song says, "It never even entered their mind". Yet this ancient ubiquitous messianic theology, witnessed in Dead Sea ... It all seemed to fit so perfectly, given the long list of Egyptian Pharaohs, Assyrian kings and Roman Caesars who viewed themselves as incarnate gods! Roman ... Several later writers misinterpreted Irenaeus to mean Domitian not Nero. Therefore quoting them to prove Irenaeus actually meant Domitian ... Jinn can be obedient to the Koran, but the Jinn must reject the Christian Trinity that God has a Son [Jesus] or a consort [Mary, mother of ... ...
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13: Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ...
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Trinitarian The Watchtower deliberately misleads the readers to the wrong conclusion that Philip Schaff, believes the origin of trinity is from the "pagan doctrines" of Plato! Schaff openly states in the that trinity has its origin in the scripture. Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you ... We begin with the three quotes below to prove the point that JW's are decievers every way they turn! What they fail to tell the same article also says: "The Socinian and rationalistic ... Far clearer and more fruitful suggestions presented themselves in the Old Testament" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church New York: Scribner's, 1924, vol. 2, p. 566) The ... are these: that the soul leads and rules the body, and therein resembles the immortal gods (ib. 80); that the soul is capable of apprehending eternal and immutable ideas, and ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm
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14: Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD
... date which differs from the AD 33 date accepted by most Christian scholars and which is supported better by historical and astronomical data. ... Rather, Saturday was named in honor of the pagan god, Saturn. In addition to these objections of Nehemia Gordon, other biblical scholars ... The fact that in these ancient languages the sabbath concept was equated with the need to appease the gods is a major linguistic barrier to ... Quoting the tablet's translation, he finds: [The moon] He caused to shine, ruling the night: He set him then as a creature of the Night, to ... Hebrew language scholar. Benner says that the Hebrew language is impossible to translate accurately without an advanced understanding of the culture that produced it. The culture in which the early Israelites and their ancestors found themselves was overwhelmingly enmeshed in ... Another well-respected encyclopedia supports this view as well. The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopedia was an English translation of a ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm
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15: Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church
Top 10 List: Click here When a Jehovah's Witness reads this top ten list, they either conclude the Watchtower organization engages is satanic quoting practices, or become dishonest themselves! Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive Quote : Trinitarian Misleads the reader to a conclusion ... It was a military matter. His comprehension of Christian doctrine was never very clear, but he was sure that victory in battle lay in the gift of the God of the Christians." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "What role did this ... They make it appear that Constantine worshipped the sun in 325 AD during the Nicean council. The truth is that Constantine gave up paganism in 311-12 AD! In fact Chadwick specifically says that ... The Watchtower quote, leaves the false impression that Chadwick is saying Constantine worshipped the sun as a pagan, at Nicea in 325 AD, even up to the end of his life. In other words, ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm
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16: Trinity proof texts: Philippians 2:5-8
... that he manifested the form of God in the form of a slave (quoting F.F. Bruce) · four of the five NT occurrences of the verse ... This rendering has produced numerous problems for the Christian church. · Many translators of the Bible during the Reformation ... He was really and truly man. He was not like the Greek gods, who sometimes so the stories ran, became men, but kept their divine ... Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Should you believe in the Trinity?, Arian Click to View For a full refutation of this most deceptive Watchtower booklet, click here. (Note Jehovah's Witness deception: The Expositor's Greek ... The Expositor's Greek Testament also says: "We cannot find any passage where [har·pa'zo] or any of its derivatives has the sense ... apparent that the translators of versions such as the Douay and the King James are bending the rules to support Trinitarian ends. ... The Philippians were urged: "In humility, let each esteem others better than themselves." Then Paul uses Christ as the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-philippians2-6.htm
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17: Watchtower Deceptions: Confusing Modalism as if it were trinity ...
Defeating the trinity view by refuting arguments used by Modalists Misrepresenting the Trinitarian view as if it were Modalism. Refuting Modalism position Confusing Modalism as if it were trinity doctrine Refuting Modalism Doctrine by calling Here is a perfect example of their deceptive and unscholarly argument: Click to View Modalism and Trinity deliberately confused in "Should you believe the Trinity?", Watchtower publication. Here is what the booklet says: "AT JOHN 1:1 the King James Version ... Here is something that is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for the JW to understand. When a born again Christian points to Scriptures that demonstrate Jesus is God, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO PROVE THAT ... "There are four places in the Bible where the word God is defined. 1. The kind of gods men make out of idols (Isa 44:17;1 Cor 8:5:6), who are really no gods at all. 2. Human judges (gods) who come under judgment themselves (Ps 82:6). 3. The kind of god Satan is: A so-called god who has already been judged ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-modalism.htm
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18: Norton, Andrews: A Statement of reasons for not believing the ...
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Accurate quoting but, Self-quoting: Self-Quoting: Unitarian No need to misrepresent this guy! He is one of them... A fellow-Arian. To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that ... Click to View "In the book A Statement of Reasons, Andrews Norton says of the Trinity: 'We can trace the history of this doctrine, and discover its source, not in the Christian revelation, but in the Platonic philosophy . . . The Trinity is not a doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, ... Andrews Norton, 1872, Fifth edition, American Unitarian Association, Boston, MA) p ix, biographical notice) That Norton is the leader of an Anti-trinitarian "Unitarian" church. ... They always tell you when the misrepresent a trinitarian! The Watchtower Deception backfires! They Shoot themselves in the foot! How the Watchtower quoted the source What they left ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Norton.htm
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19: The Decepto-Meter goes crazy when you bring it near the Watchtower ...
Self-quoting: Quoting fellow anti-Trinitarians to trash the trinity, is no better than a Catholic quoting a priest to prove that Peter is the first pope! Click to View This symbol at the left, indicates that the source is used in the "Should you believe in the Trinity... Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity Carpenter, Edward The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Satanic Quote Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity Click to View Durant, Will Story of Civilization Satanic Quote Christianity ... The fact that Muslims reject the resurrection of Jesus says it all! Click to View Koran, Islamic, Muslims Koran (Islamic) Satanic Quote Christianity Trasher ... Reglan, Lord The Hero Deceptive quote Self-Quoting Anti-Trinitarian For once JW's and other anti-Trinitarians have found someone who actually believes that ... Grant, Robert M. Gods and the One God False Dilemma Trinitarian Creates a false dilemma in the mind of the reader by projecting the false illusion that if ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-decepto-meter.htm
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20: Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed
son) exiled and crushed by force, the Trinitarians Click to View Arius triumphed for 50 years after Nicea, then was defeated till the 19th century. ... Constantine, (a pagan sun worshipper who knew nothing about Christian Doctrine) was the author of the Nicene creed. This is the impression ... Constantine had no role in shaping trinity doctrine. To suggest that Constantine introduced trinity doctrine from pagan sources is as preposterous as it is false. The ... When Frend says "The great majority of the Eastern bishops found themselves in a false position" he tells us what that position is: "The great majority of the Eastern clergy were ultimately disciples of ... Constantine's Anti-Pagan stance as good as any "good" Old Testament King of Judah It is significant, for instance, not that the pagan gods and their ... Luther was uneasy with the term trinity, not the idea of Trinity, for Luther most certainly always was a trinitarian. Luther did not disagree with the ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm
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21: Part 2: Bible Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ...
is pagan section Direct your friends who are being preyed upon by JW cult members to this page, but do not put this page on another web site because it is being constantly updated. Let us know what you think of this page! Email us! "Should your believe in the Trinity" Our comments and expose of booklet Text of Watchtower booklet Click to View In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices ... Although Paine is a Bible trasher, much of what he says in irrelevant to the discussion, as Trinitarians agree that there was a progression of ... At Genesis 17:1 he declares: "I am God Almighty." And Exodus 18:11 says: "Jehovah is greater than all the other gods." We draw your attention ... All Trinitarians teach that Jesus is distinct from God, the Father. Only Modalists, who are themselves Anti-Trinitarians, do not believe that ... Robertson, a Trinitarian, is right in his comments. The expression, "open up in the name of the law" is common today. Stated more accurately, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-bible-section.htm
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22: Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ...
is pagan section Direct your friends who are being preyed upon by JW cult members to this page, but do not put this page on another web site because it is being constantly updated. Let us know what you think of this page! Email us! "Should your believe in the Trinity" Our comments and expose of booklet Text of Watchtower booklet Click to View In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices ... Although Paine is a Bible trasher, much of what he says in irrelevant to the discussion, as Trinitarians agree that there was a progression of ... At Genesis 17:1 he declares: "I am God Almighty." And Exodus 18:11 says: "Jehovah is greater than all the other gods." We draw your attention ... All Trinitarians teach that Jesus is distinct from God, the Father. Only Modalists, who are themselves Anti-Trinitarians, do not believe that ... Robertson, a Trinitarian, is right in his comments. The expression, "open up in the name of the law" is common today. Stated more accurately, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT-bible-section.htm
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23: "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower
Satanic Quoting practices exposed! Click to View "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower in: "Should You Believe in the Trinity"(Watchtower booklet) A quick short summary! Top Ten List: "Worst of the worst" of satanic quoting in the booklet! When a Jehovah's Witness reads our top ten list, they either conclude the Watchtower organization engages is satanic quoting practices, or become dishonest themselves! I. ... Jehovah's Witnesses, have recognized the power of the "hostile witness" approach to debunking Trinitarian theology. They published a booklet ... Witnesses quote about 10 different authors who come right out and say something like: "The origin of Trinity doctrine is entirely pagan." ... anti-Christian, Bible trashing, liberal, modernist agnostics and atheists! This is not the hostile witness at all! A hostile witness means that a fellow Trinitarian admits Trinity was borrowed from the Pagans. Had they been honest and said: "The scholar that says "Trinity is ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-hostile-witness-approach.htm
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24: Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God
God Click to View The Triune God, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed Although they identify Fortman as a Catholic, they project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. The Watchtower is a master at "the slight of hand" technique in quoting from orthodox trinitarian ... The doctrine of the Triune God has had an amazing history. Convinced that this doctrine is a Christian doctrine that did and could originate ... Paul calls Him the image of God, Lord, Son of God, Christ. and Savior; he says that He subsists in the form of God and is equal to God; he ... the Son and Holy Spirit not precisely creatures but 'diminished gods.' (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, introduction, p.xv) The ... that God may be everything to everyone' (1 Cor 15.28). Taken by themselves these passages might warrant the conclusion that Paul held a ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm
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25: Morenz, Siegfried: Egyptian Religion
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity Morenz, Siegfried: Egyptian Religion Click to View Egyptian Religion, by Morenz Siegfried quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication ... "The trinity was a major preoccupation of Egyptian theologians . . . Three gods are combined and treated as a single being, addressed in the singular. In this way the spiritual force of Egyptian religion shows a direct link with Christian ... Deception Exposed What they fail to tell the same article also says: In one of the few cases where a concept that figures in the New ... links between Egypt and Judaeo-Christian scriptures and trinitarian theology can already be traced with some degree of plausibility. ... Do JW's agree with this? Another example of dishonest selective quoting. Morenz, would say that the JW's view of God was also derived from pagan sources, just as much as trinitarians. But it gets even worse ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Morenz.htm
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26: Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics
Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Click to View Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, James Hastings ... Egyptian religion with the trinitarian group of Osiris, Isis, and Horus . . . Nor is it only in historical religions that we find God viewed as a Trinity. One recalls in particular the Neo-Platonic view of the Supreme or Ultimate ... Watchtower publication) "(b) Although the notion of a divine Triad or Trinity is characteristic of the Christian religion, it is by no means peculiar to it. ... So Harnack holds, and he says further that the whole history of Christological and Trinitarian dogma from Athanasius to ... hospitable of the Greek philosophy, they found themselves translating their empirical knowledge of God-the God and ... quickly identified, but in a prime example of selective quoting, they fail to tell you that there is a clear parallel ... It is deceptive to quote from a source that shows similarities between pagan triads and the Christian trinity, in order to ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm
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27: Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity
Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet: "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur ... Arthur Weigall, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What Sabbatarians quote to prove ... Sunday must have been 'the Lord's Day' long before Christian times." (Now that's clear, Leo Schreven, Seventh-day Adventist "Revelation Seminar speaker, Canada, 1994, p101, quoting, The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, ... What they fail to tell the same article also says: Jewish Sabbath and the Sunday Lord's Day both of pagan origin: "I have, ... Of course, Jehovah's Witnesses who suggest such things have never held the actual book in their hands or read it for themselves. ... the Crucifixion; and, in the second plate, because so many gods and semi-divine heroes have mothers whose names are variations ... ...
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28: Trinity proof texts: John 17:3
Anti-Trinity Proof Texts Refuted Click to View John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. (John 17:3 represents the primary proof text that Anti-trinitarians use to teach Jesus is a creature and trash the trinity. John 17:3 is to a Jehovah's Witness, what John 3:16 is to a Christian!) What John 17:3 is ... Jesus had lived among the Romans with their many competing gods and Jesus was addressing the Father with these idols in mind. What John 17:3 is not saying: ... The word God is used in the sense of class of being, not the name of the Father here and in many other places. John 1:1 actually says just this: "In the ... Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Anti-Trinitarian faulty argument #1 Jehovah's Witnesses falsely argue that the Father is the top God, prime/source saviour and ... A false charge, since we have clearly shown what this verse is saying. But Jehovah's Witnesses themselves must go outside of John 17:3 to avoid the logical ... ...
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29: McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible
Deceptive Quote: Trinitarian The Watchtower takes little bits of McKenzie's comments on Jn 1:1 (a god) and leaves the false impression in the mind of the reader that McKenzie agreed with the JW's mistranslation. What is clear, is that when McKenzie says Jesus is a divine being, ... McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible Click to View "Jn 1:1 should rigorously be translated . . . 'the word was a divine being.'" "Dictionary of the Bible", by John L. McKenzie, 1965, p. 317, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower ... GOD: NT. The word theos is used to designate the gods of paganism. Normally the word with or without the article designates the God of the ... God pardons in Jesus (Eph 4:32), empowers Him (Mt 28:18; Jn 3:35; 5:22; 13:3; Eph 1:21 ), reconciles in Him (2 Co 5:19). The Christian ... either conclude the Watchtower organization engages is satanic quoting practices, or become dishonest themselves! Go To Alphabetical Index Of Deceptive Quotes Written By Steve ... ...
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30: Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "'The ... Our comment The very same page that JW's use to say that the Christian Trinity was borrowed from the Babylonians also decribes this triad almost exactly ... Just as the Babylonians view Anu the supreme God over lesser gods. JW's view Jehovah as the supreme God who over all other lesser Gods (elohim include angels, Jesus, Devil, men etc) JW's have not comprehended that if they had the Governing Body themselves sit down ... the Trinitarian view of God and the Arian (JW's) view of God. Ancient Babylonians would label both views as POLYTHEISM! The Governing Body really blundered when they chose this route! But the same source identifies all kinds of similarities between Christianity and pagan beliefs, ... When they forgathered they never failed to feast and drink themselves into a state of boisterous intoxication. The Epic of the Creation says: ... ...
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31: Harnack, Adolf: Outlines of the History of Dogma
Read more from a critical review of Adolf Harnack. Click to View Outlines of the History of Dogma quoted in, "Should you believe the Trinity?", ... the Hellenic speculation, the superstitious views and customs of pagan mystery-worship." (Outlines of the History of Dogma, Adolf Harnack, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) The Christian religion in the 3rd century made no compromise with any of the ... What else did they fail to quote from this source? What they fail to tell the same author also says: "In the 1880's and 1890's the issue of ... Harnack tells us that the influence of Hellenism led to "the invention of mechanically-atoning consecrations (sacraments)" not trinitarian ... They were trying to safeguard the objectivity of the facts themselves, as existing independently of the wishes of the believer. They thus ... And use reliable, capable authority. The Bible is the most conclusive and reliable of all. Quoting from official publications of an ... ...
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32: Julius R. Mantey: Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament: ...
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic quote: trinitarian Mantey outright states that the Watchtower deliberately misquotes his work to draw conclusions opposite to what his work actually says. He even wrote a letter to the ... Click to View How the Watchtower quoted the source "their [The Dana-Mantey Greek Grammar] work allows for the rendering found ... in John 1:1. A. We had no "rule" to argue in support of the trinity. B. Neither did we state that we did have such intention. ... In view of the preceding facts, especially because you have been quoting me out of context, I herewith request you not to ... Mantey on the Jehovah's Witnesses' New World Translation. Christian Research Institute founder, Dr. Martin. begins by saying: ... Jesus is glorified and magnified - yet here they were denigrating Him and making Him into a little god of a pagan concept. ... They should not allow themselves to be misled by the JWs and end up in hell. Christian Research Institute Deception Exposed: ... ...
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33: Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity
matter seems to be correctly summed up by Epiphanius, when he says: "The One Godhead is above all declared by Moses, and the twofold ... Apologists do not take the Sabellian road of a merely nominal trinity of persons but hold to a real distinction of the three, a ... This view. if compared with later theology and dogma, will smack of a sub-ordination or 'minoration' of the Son of God. This subordination ... faith, the pattern of which was of course triadic. [ie. trinitarian] (Early Christian Doctrines, J.N.D. Kelly, p. 101) "Yet, as compared with their ... borrowed his conception of a third One from Moses, and that the pagan custom of erecting statues of Kore at springs was inspired by the ... The one divine Logos-Son of the Church's teaching and the many gods of the Gnostic Plerotna had three fundamental characteristics in ... to Ignatius' actual writings, so as to discover the truth for themselves, the grave responsibility that lies upon the shoulders of the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm
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34: Master Index of Quotes of Quotes used to trash the Trinity in ...
Encyclopedia of Anti-Trinitarian Deceptive quoting! Click to View Satanic quoting practices exposed: "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower in: "Should You Believe in the Trinity"(Watchtower booklet) Click to View Click to View Master Index of Quotes of Quotes used to trash the Trinity in the Watchtower's, "Should you believe ... Barclay, William Many Witnesses, One Lord Bettenson, Henry Documents of the Christian Church Boer, Harry R. A Short History of the Early Church Bowman, Robert M. Why You Should Believe In The Trinity Brown, Colin New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology Buzzard, Anthony Who is Jesus? Calvin, John Commentary on John Carpenter, Edward The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Catholic Encyclopedias and Dictionaries ... English translation of Earnest Haenchen's commentary on John Gibbon, Edward History of Christianity Girdlestone, R. B. Synonyms of the Old Testament Grant, Robert M. Gods and the One God Greber, Johannes New Testament ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-master-index-quotes.htm
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35: "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914
... They hire the papers to print lengthy flattering reports of their meetings, which they write themselves. Their reporters are trained for ... St. Augustine, A.D. 353-430, the father of Christian theology, to whom the church owes almost as much as to Paul, was highly educated. As is ... Elder A.A. Phelps, for years editor of a First-day Adventist paper says: "I watched and waited, and worked, with patience, meakness and ... The laity, specially in foreign lands, being ignorant of all these facts, still regard her as the voice of God to them. Click to View Chapter II - An ... The dragon, Chapter 12:1-17, is the pagan Roman empire. So all agree; Seventh-day Adventists as well. The dragon had "seven heads and ten ... They brought with them very largely their pagan doctrines, customs, religious rites, images, gods, shrines, temples, and pomp of worship. ... John's Church, Headlsburg, Cal." The "Catholic Dictionary," by Addis and Arnold, after quoting Rev. 1:10; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2 says: ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/7-Seventh-day-Adventism-RENOUNCED-by-D-M-Canright.htm
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36: Nimrod and the Archaeology of the Tower of Babel by Steven Rudd ...
... ages in order to harmonize with Evolutionary Geologic ages of the earth and a world faith-view that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. ... The Tower of Babel represents false world religions and false Christian doctrines. "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according ... Nimrod was not Sargon I of Akkad: 2320-2265 BC b. Nimrod was not Gilgamesh B. Overview of Nimrod 1. What the Bible says about Nimrod: (only ... Nimrod was likely the first post-flood man to normalize meat eating. d. Nimrod promoted and/or invented the pantheon of pagan Sumerian gods like Enlil, ... These Babel Vets experienced for themselves the change of their own spoken language and as a result dispersed away from Babel into the ... Read the full text of (Georgius Syncellus Chronicle 38. (800 AD) quoting Eusebius [325 AD] Praeparatio Evangelica [preparation for the ... Domino #7: Rejecting Jesus as God and making him into a creature/angel, destroys the Bible doctrine of the Trinity. h. Domino #8: Rejecting ... ...
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37: Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!
... It combines meditation, breath control and gymnastics (Porkert, Manfred with Christian Ullmann. 1982. Chinese Medicine. ... This ritual of harmony is aimed at healing both physical illness and social discord." (Quoting Polly Wiessner, an ... healer says or does certain things, the result is slaying in the Spirit. One faith healer turned the slew the entire choir, except for an old deaf man who didn't HEAR the cue!!! expectancy method Click to View Expectancy to being hypnotized is a great factor in being hypnotized, instantly. That is why subjects watching others being hypnotized become excessively responsive themselves. ... on the cross (as does the WOF movement) Shakes deny the Trinity of God and believe God is dual - father and mother Click ... WOF teaches we are "little gods" and "little Christ's, little anointed ones." Latter Rain/Manifest Sons doctrine preaches ... C. Peter Wagner and other prophetic ministries are 'redeeming' pagan cultural practices, dances, songs. Wagner has stated ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-kundalini-shakers-charismastics.htm
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38: Wierwille, Dr. Victor Paul: 1. Jesus Christ is Not God. 2. Forgers ...
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Self-Quoting Anti-Trinitarian For once JW's and other anti-Trinitarians have found someone who actually believes that trinity is of pagan origin, but look who they are quoting! One of their own! Wierwille, Dr. Victor Paul: 1. Jesus Christ is Not God. 2. Forgers of the Word What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "Clearly, historians of Church dogma and systematic theologians agree that the idea of a Christian trinity was not a part of the first century Church. The twelve apostles never ascribed to it or received revelation about it. So how then did a Trinitarian doctrine come about? It gradually ... The Babylonians used an equilateral triangle to represent this three-in-one god, now the symbol of the modern three-in-one believers." "The Hindu trinity was made up of the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The Greek triad was composed of Zeus, Athena and Apollo. These three were said by the pagans to 'agree in one.' One of the largest pagan ... ...
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39: Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ...
... To the Jew it has a sacred significance in the things of the past; to the Christian it has divine significance in the things of the present. ... city, nor faded the glory surrounding it. (2) In this view of Jerusalem there is a spiritual proto-type, mentioned by Paul in Galatians four. ... We are a separate people. Affiliations destroy identity. God says, "Be ye separate." Fourth: The Reconstruction. Within the city was organized ... cause of freedom; men who believed they had a right to think for themselves, and that the pope had no right to dominate the minds of ... That is certainly a wide liberty with a broad license. It would give to every man Jew, Catholic, Pagan and Protestant, the liberty to ... of the sacred name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, or for such a thing to be performed with or without the Godhead, in or out of the Trinity? ... You must be in the temple to worship. The pagan idea of the temple was a dwelling place for gods. So Paul said, "know ye not that ye are the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/catholic/Catholic-church-doctrine-Bulwarks-of-the-Faith-Foy-E-Wallace-JR-Refuting-Dogmas-Catholicism-Protestant-Denominationalism-1951AD.htm
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40: Statistical Analysis of Quotes used to trash the Trinity in ...
Statistical Analysis of Quotes used to trash the Trinity and claim it is of pagan origin! Click to View Satanic quoting practices exposed: "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower in: "Should You Believe in the Trinity"(Watchtower booklet) Type Of Quote Used by Watchtower (32 Total) Do they Say Trinity is Pagan? Do they accurately represent the authors meaning? Christianity Trashers and Modernists 8 (25%) Says trinity is of pagan origin, but also trashes either the whole of Christianity as pagan or some key ... Accurately quoted, but don't tell you the source is a Unitarian which is one of their own kind and amounts to self quoting! Non-Christian religions: Hindu, Jewish, Muslim (Muslim also included in Christianity Trashers) 3 (10%) ... Accurately quoted, but draw incorrect conclusions and fail to inform reader that all three would label JW's as polytheists! (Jesus a created demi-god and Hindus for example have a "one true almighty God" over many lower demi-gods) ... ...
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41: Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Trinitarian First the Watchtower leaves the reader with the false impression that Lohse believes that trinity originated with the pagans and has no scriptural basis. Second, the Watchtower, through a series of deceptive quotes, irresponsibly portrays Constantine as a faithless sun-god pagan idol worshipper with no understanding of Christianity who single-handedly introduces trinity to Christianity from the pagans and is almost the author of the Nicene creed. Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine Click to View A Short History of ... Lohse flatly contradicts the Watchtower view that Trinity came from the Pagans. Rather what Lohse says, and correctly so, is that early Christians would frame Christian doctrine in terms ... If this author, for example, had a private audience with 100 different JW's, they would walk away saying of themselves, "I don't understand the subject". Whereas there are a tiny number of JW's ... ...
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42: Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive Quote: Self-Quoting: Unitarian No need to misrepresent the opinions of one of their own! But it is deceptive to mention that a misquote is from a Trinitarian but not tell you when they are quoting from a fellow Arian. To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The Church of the First Three Centuries: "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian writers for three centuries after the birth of Christ. It is true, they ... ...
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43: Parthasarathy, A.: The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals
Satanic Quote: World Religion: Hindu Parthasarathy is a Hindu who would review the Watchtower concept of God and label all JW's as trinitarian! Parthasarathy, A.: The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "Siva is one of the gods of the Trinity. He is said to be the god of ... What they fail to tell the same article also says: Parthasarathy is a Hindu who would review the Watchtower concept of God and label all JW's as trinitarian! Our comment There are only vague parallels between the Hindu trinity and the Christian trinity. For Arians (JW's, Christadelphians) to appeal to Hindus, to support their false doctrine is nothing short of incredible! Doing such is as dishonest as it is deceptive! JW's have not comprehended that if they had the Governing Body themselves sit down and explain their view of God (Father-true God, Son-a god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Hindus, ... ...
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44: Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Trinitarian Leaves out the comment that JW's theology is of pagan origin. Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Click to View Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed: But why? Certainly not because of any Biblical conviction. "Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology," says A Short History of Christian Doctrine. The first emperor to become a Christian, Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek ... Theologians, monks, and church leaders took sides in the debate. The common people did, not understand the issues, but nevertheless they aligned themselves with this or that view." (A Short History of the Early Church, Harry R. Boer, p113) "Politics and Theology: In 337, Constantine ... ...
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45: Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter For JW's it is deceptive quoting. For Christadelphians it is self-quoting. Dunn, with his Christadelphian-like logos theology, labels Jw Christology as polytheism. ... that are supposed to prove trinity is a false doctrine What they fail to tell the same article also says: Dunn rejects the deity of Christ: "So too the argument that Jesus is divine because he forgave sins ..." (Christology in the Making, James D. G. Dunn, 2nd edition, 1989, foreword, xxi) The first great Christological battle of the Christian period was not over docetism ... In contrast, classic orthodoxy is that Jesus Christ is he whom the Word of God became in the incarnation. The mistake, or so it seems to me, is the equivalent of treating 'person' in the Trinitarian ... xxxii) "The charge is (in Hurtado's terms) that I arbitrarily and incorrectly ignored the pagan religious traditions of the Greco-Roman period, a charge to which I am vulnerable particularly ... ...
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46: Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge
Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, Jw's booklet. Trinity "is a corruption borrowed from the heathen religions, and ingrafted on the Christian faith." (A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge, Lyman Abbott, p944, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "Precisely what the doctrine is, or precisely how it is to be explained, Trinitarians are not agreed among themselves." (A Dictionary of Religious ... Example of selective quoting (Blue is Jw quote from booklet, Should you believe the Trinity?) "It is certain, however, that from the apostolic times they ... paganism changed Christianity." ... "Christian thought could not affect pagan thought without being in turn affected" ("What Christianity Means to me, A ... Our comment Abbott not only says that Trinity is of pagan origin, but also most of what Jw's believe, including all church organization (Oops! Goodbye ... ...
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47: How the Koran and Muslims view of Jesus Christ
The fact that Muslims reject the resurrection of Jesus says it all! Koran, (The Islamic Bible of Muslims, written about 600AD) Click to View Also visit our Islam debunked website: Islam: Truth or Myth: start page Click to View "Muslims simply cannot follow, as the Jews thus far have likewise failed to grasp, the idea of the ... would quote from Muslims as proof that trinity is pagan false doctrine! Muslims, quote modernists like Reade to trash all of Christianity, just like Anti-Trinitarians quote from Weigall, Arthur This leaves no doubt at all in our minds regarding the sources of all Christian doctrine: "Christianity had conquered ... Governing Body themselves sit down and explain their view of God (Father-true God, Son-a god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Muslims would immediately label JW's as TRINITARIANS or TWINITARIANS! Stated differently, from the perspective of Muslims there is NO REAL DIFFERENCE between the Trinitarian view of God and the Arian (JW's) view of God. ... ...
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48: BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations
Arian Biased Translations Click to View Schonfield Johannes Greber New World Translation Moffatt, James Goodspeed, Edgar Smith, J. M. Powis Emphatic ... Bible Scoffers and Arians make strange bedfellows! Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal refuted Below are the Bibles Jehovah's Witnesses will quote to support ... Jehovah's Witnesses will provide a list of up to 50 translations of a single passage that support their view. We have not discussed them because most of them are not Bible translations, but one man's a commentary where in he translates the single Bible verse. These men are usually anti-trinitarians themselves, so the vast majority amount to self-quoting. ... Jehovah's Witnesses habitually quote faithless men like this to trash the trinity. ("The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, quoted in ... The fact that the word "Christian" is found 32 times in these Bibles, when in fact it is only found three times in the Greek is proof enough that it ... ...
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49: Durant, Will: The Story of Civilization
The Mithraic ritual so closely resembled the eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass that Christian fathers charged the Devil with inventing these similarities to mislead frail minds." (The Story of Civilization, Caesar and Christ, Will Durant, Part III, 1944, p. 595) Mithraism, Neoplatonism, Stoicism, Cynicism, and the local cults of municipal or rustic gods... these mystic ideas ... Christ, Will Durant, Part III, 1944, p. 595) Durant states that even Apostles Paul and John were influenced in their theology by these pagan religions. Do Anti-trinitarians agree? Such selective quoting from a Bible hater like Durant is nothing short of dishonest and proves nothing about trinity being from the pagans, unless we accept all the other things Durant says was borrowed from the pagans into Christianity! ... I am skeptical not only of theology but also of philosophy, science, history, and myself. I recognize supersensory possibilities but not supernatural powers." Click to View Full texts "Christianity ... ...
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50: Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33
Trinity Proof Texts Click to View John 10:25-39 If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear ... Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom ... Their existence began when they were born, Jesus has existed from all eternity before he was born. (Jn 8:58) The judges never called themselves "gods", nor where they commonly known as "gods" by ... The Jews were fully aware that Jesus claimed to be sent/ordained/appointed of God, they rejected the claim! Three interpretations of what the passage is saying: I. The Correct Trinitarian ... Because this is so obviously what Ps 82 teaches, some of you have rejected it as corrupted and invalid scripture. But this scripture is valid and it says what it means because scripture is divinely ... ...
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