It's time for enlightening moments with FC. I quote 1 John 5:7, which says "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." The bible makes it clear buddy.
I guess this is where I could say that the bible has been changed a lot over the centuries, so much so that the original text in aramaic has been lost to time, and that this is one of those verses that must have been changed to to accomodate the teaching of the trinity. BUT... since i have no direct proof of the changing of this
specific verse since I have not as yet researched it, all I have is conjecture.
On the other hand, back to my other argument. This verse seems to be in direct contradiction to many other verses of the bible if you take all the verses of the bible to be literal. For example, these verses show that God is One, and doesn't say anything about the trinity. And besides, for such a confusing topic as the trinity, the bible does little to alleviate the apparent paradox born of the trinity. Kind of sends some alarm bells ringing, doesn't it?
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Hear 0 Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord. DEUTERONOMY 6:4 [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Thou, even thou, are Lord alone. NEHEMIAH 9:6 [/FONT]
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I, even I, am the Lord and besides me there is no saviour. ISAIAH 43.11 [/FONT]
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And understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ISAIAH 43.10 [/FONT]
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I am the first and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. ISAIAH 44.6 [/FONT]
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I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me. That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is none else. ISAIAH 45.5 [/FONT]
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And there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none else besides me. Look upon me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: For I am God, and there is none else. ISAIAH 45.21/22 [/FONT]
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Remember the former things of the old: for I am God and there is none else: I am God, and there is none else like me. ISAIAH 46.9 [/FONT]
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Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heavens above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. DEUTERONOMY 4.39 [/FONT]
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Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no God: I know not any. ISAIAH 44:8 [/FONT]
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The first of all the commandements is, Hear, 0 Israel; the Lord our Cod is one Lord. MARK 12.29 [/FONT]
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Well, master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God: and there is none other but he. MARK 12.32 [/FONT]
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Why callest thou me good? There is none good, save one, that is God. LUKE: 18:19 [/FONT]
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Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. MATTHEW 4:10 [/FONT]
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Seeing it is one God which shall justify the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith. ROMANS 3:30 [/FONT]
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There is but one God, the Father of whom are all things. I CORINTHIANS 8:6 [/FONT]
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We know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other god but One. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4 [/FONT]
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And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. JOAN 17.3 [/FONT]
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Now unto the king eternal, immortal, invisible and only wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever. 1 TIMOTHY 1.17 [/FONT]
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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man CHRIST Jesus. 1 TIMOTHY 2.5 [/FONT]