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Originally Posted by TopHatter
Absolutely correct on the second mark. It's an expression of the Nicene Creed, not a Biblical teaching.
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Does that make the claim that Jesus is God untrue?
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Look at most of the religions of the world: You'll find triads of gods aplenty that the Nicene Creed co-opted to allowed the pagan tribes to more easily embrace Christendom
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Most of the religions, if not all, contain the same message, but adapted to the culture in which they arose. There can be, afterall, only one truth. Triads, law of three, action-reaction-neutralizing, trinity...it's all the same no matter where you find it.
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Christmas is another example. A pagan holiday coverted to "Christian" use. It's sure as hell not the birthdate of Jesus Christ, no matter what that commercial slogan says. Even religious theologians will admit that Jesus was not born on December 25th. So why is his supposed date of birth celebrated on December 25? Hmmmmm.....
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Why? So we can receive God's gift to us? The winter solstice by another calendar? Who knows. It symbolizes birth and Easter symbolizes rising. Christians appropriated a lot of pagan practices. Did oyu know that churches came from the ancient Eqyptians...they had these places where the religious books were read non-stop and Eqyptians folk could go there for a little remedial learning. Anyway, who could read all those bird symbols.