tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post5112328066099126404..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Wednesday Bible Study: Not exactly the First AmendmentCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-91700971363837429682020-12-31T09:29:00.544-05:002020-12-31T09:29:00.544-05:00The concept of the Trinity has vexed Christianity ...The concept of the Trinity has vexed Christianity from its early days. Arguments over exactly what it meant led to various schisms in the early church, but then it settled down, at least until the Unitarians came along. But it's basically a lot of mystical mumbo jumbo, doesn't really mean anything.<br /><br />However, Catholicism at least is definitely polytheistic. People pray to individual saints and wear magical amulets bearing their images. In fact, the way to become a saint is not to do good works in life, but rather to be credited with performing miracles after death. That's right -- the Vatican has to certify that the dead person was responsible for, IIRC, at least two miracles for them to be sainted. <br /><br />The cult of Mary is particularly prominent in Latin America and some other places. People -- especially women -- light candles at her statue, and make promises to her in exchange for miraculous intervention. Yahweh never would have tolerated this.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-66512807143574862452020-12-30T21:00:32.670-05:002020-12-30T21:00:32.670-05:00With its concept of the Trinity, is Christianity r...With its concept of the Trinity, is Christianity really monotheistic?Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com