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help finding a christian theologian?

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nathanielfirst

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hello, I am attempting to find a theologian with a certain viewpoint that is close to my own, so that I can defend my beliefs by reference to a more famous person than myself, if I ever have to... the specific belief I am trying to defend is:
I'm a bible christian, having read and reread it and I base my faith from the bible only, I don't virulently dislike any denomination but I base my faith on the book... and I believe that there may or may not be a trinity, there may or may not be predestination, that the holy spirit may or may not proceed from the father and the son or just the father, etc., on many issues where the scripture seems to be ambivalent I believe the may or may not... of course the existence of hell i definitly believe in, that Jesus was baptized and the holy spirit descended etc., I believe but on things like where the scripture contardicts, I think only that it is uncertain and that God even intends it to be so, and that it is important to SAY, maybe, maybe not, and you will probably not know till you die.
that is my view... but can anyone think of an author or theologian who says this? a single person, actually, cuz i figure disciples of christ or someone officially pushes it maybe? A pietist I bet is close but I am trying to be more explicit and rational/logical, 'there IS a seeming contradiction, it isn't Really a contradiction, but it could be one or the other or both in some way and we don't know which'.
thanks much if u know...
 
Just_me_Mike

Just_me_Mike

Well-Known Member
In your post, you state so many uncertainties. How can one recommend someone that would be similar to you, when we don't really know what you believe in. My suggestion would be take each of these issues you posted and continue to research them as objectionably as possible until you are not sitting so much on a fence.

For example, the hell part. There is VERY little in the bible about hell, and it is often cited that until the book Dante's Inferno hell wasn't really a big concept. (correct me if I am wrong AE).

Anyway good luck...
 
IKNOWNUFFINK

IKNOWNUFFINK

Active Member
Just_me_Mike said:
In your post, you state so many uncertainties. How can one recommend someone that would be similar to you, when we don't really know what you believe in. My suggestion would be take each of these issues you posted and continue to research them as objectionably as possible until you are not sitting so much on a fence.

For example, the hell part. There is VERY little in the bible about hell, and it is often cited that until the book Dante's Inferno hell wasn't really a big concept. (correct me if I am wrong AE).

Anyway good luck...
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he is asking advice from Christians in the Christian DIR, not advice from people who mock Christianity and the bible at any opportunity. Good luck. LOL

Oh and AE thinks Ghandi is the greatest christian who ever lived and the bible is a collection of myths. LOL
 
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