God says (in the bible) worship none but your true god (i.e him) but by deifying Jesus are you not worshipping someone other than god?
2006-07-12 03:58:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's a matter of perspective.
From, say, the Jewish perspective, to worship any man as God is idolatry. But in the minds of many Christians, Jesus is God, but that gets into the whole metaphysical concept of the Trinity, which requires an extraordinary ability to suspend disbelief. Thomas Jefferson called the idea of the Trinity "Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." and said, "When we shall have done away with the incomprehensible jargon of the Trinitarian arithmetic, that three are one, and one is three; when we shall have knocked down the artificial scaffolding, reared to mask from view the simple structure of Jesus; when, in short, we shall have unlearned everything which has been taught since his day, and got back to the pure and simple doctrines he inculcated, we shall then be truly and worthily his disciplines."
There are Christians who, like Jefferson, believe that Jesus did not think of himself as God, only as a messenger of his word. Muslims respect Jesus as a prophet but consider it blasphemy to say he was divine.
2006-07-12 04:23:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is when anyone breaks the First Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before Me... ..", he or she becomes liable to the wroth of ALLAH ALMIGHTY. Throughout history people attempted to pervert that commandment, pagans, christians and jews. The connotations here, are they all speak and believes in gods, not one but, as many as they can feed it into others minds to deviate them from what is accepted by ALLAH as normal and righteous. The Bilble goes against the very nature of man and the teachings of Jesus and Moses PBUT. It is very confusing to try to justify the belief in the Trinity. This is because the Trinity is a man-made doctrine that was drawn up several hundred years after Jesus. In this time period different interpretations of the Bible were causing serious debates among Christians. The various interpretations were, undoubtedly, due to human perversion of the original scriptures, poor preservation, and/or shoddy translations. One of the main things being questioned was the nature of God and Jesus. Was Jesus actually God, the son of God, or just a messenger? The Council of Nicea was formed in an attempt to settle this dispute, and the Nicea Creed (the Trinitarian doctrine) was subsequently hammered out. The verse below offer an insight in the hidden nature of the degree of perversion that has befallen the Original Message:
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THE TRINITARIAN DOCTRINE AND/OR THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:16 - No one saw God.
Isaiah 42:8 - Do not praise and worship images.
Isaiah 45:1 - "Anointed" does not mean "God".
Matthew 14:23, 19:13, 26:39, 27:46, 26:42-44 - Jesus prayed.
Matthew 24:36 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Matthew 26:39 - Jesus and God had different wills.
Matthew 28:18 - All power was given to Jesus.
Mark 1:35, 6:46, 14:35-36 - Jesus prayed.
Mark 10:17-18 and Luke 18:18-19 - Jesus denied divinity.
Mark 12:28-29 - God is one.
Mark 13:32 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69 - Jesus at the right hand of God.
Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 9:28, 11:1-4, 22:41 - Jesus prayed.
Luke 4:18, 9:48, 10:16 - Jesus was from God.
Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:18-19 - Jesus was a prophet.
Luke 10:21 - Jesus gave thanks.
Luke 23:46 - The spirit of Jesus was commended to God.
John 4:19 - Jesus was a prophet.
John 4:23-24 - Worship in spirit and truth.
John 14:28 - One was greater than the other.
John 5:19, 5:30, 7:28, 8:28 - Jesus was helpless.
John 5:20 - The Father showed the son.
John 5:30 and 6:38 - Jesus and God had different wills.
John 5:31-32 - Jesus' witness was not true.
John 6:11 and 11:41-42 - Jesus gave thanks.
John 6:32 - The Father was the provider, not the son.
John 7:29, 16:5, 16:28 - Jesus was from God.
John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14 - Jesus' words were not his.
John 8:42 - Jesus did not come of himself.
John 10:29 - "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all."
John 14:1 - Jesus said, "...believe also in me."
John 14:16, 17:1, 17:9, 17:11, 17:15 - Jesus prayed.
John 14:31 and 15:10 - Jesus followed commands.
John 17:6-8 - "I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me."
John 20:17 - Jesus had a god.
Acts 2:22 - Jesus was "a man approved of God."
Romans 8:34 - Jesus was an intercessor.
1 Timothy 2:5 - Jesus was the mediator between God and humans.
2006-07-12 04:06:53 · answer #2 · answered by Biomimetik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was God manifested in the flesh. The Scripture speaks of how the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are "offices of the SELFSAME Spirit" and that "these three ARE ONE!" So, it isn't blasphemy to worship God in the name of Jesus Christ. Many Christians rituals and pronouncements are performed "in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" as in Acts when we were taught how to baptize people.
2006-07-12 04:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You thank Jesus but worship God.
2006-07-12 04:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's interesting. People say that the whole trinity make up the one God, but at the same time I don't remember Jesus ever saying this; he only really said that he's the son of God.
Hmm, never thought about that one.
2006-07-12 04:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by psykhaotic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is called Jehovah. Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. (6) In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness. The Father calls Jesus God. Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. Yes, the trinity was debated. Obviously, people believed it at that time, or it would not have been debated. If it was not backed by the Bible, it would not have been believed for very long.
2016-03-27 02:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this is hard to understand, but Jesus is an extension of God.
Just like a man can be a father, a son, and a husband. Jesus is the father, the son and the holy spirit. Get it? 3 in 1.
2006-07-12 04:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by not2nite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read the Bible, it says that Jesus is God.
2006-07-12 04:35:24 · answer #8 · answered by MC Kim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because God is three identities in one, and Jesus is one of those identities. Even at the beginning of Genesis God identifies himself as "we".
2006-07-12 04:02:20 · answer #9 · answered by Icy U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you dont believed in the holy trinity then Jesus is no God for you
2006-07-12 04:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by Dave B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋