If Jesus is God, how is he called God's only begotten son?

Only God knows whether he finds the trinity doctrine offensive. Personally I don't attach any importance to it, it's just something cooked up by mostly catholics.

Romeo Fabulini wrote:

Only God knows whether he finds the trinity doctrine offensive. Personally I don't attach any importance to it, it's just something cooked up by mostly catholics.

You don't see how equating Jesus with his father dishonors God and demeans Jesus' sacrifice?

Surely you jest.

How do we say we know so much about God, what he wants and what he doesn't want, what his/her intentions for us are?

There's a whole industry tied up in this. Fascinating.

More than likely the invention of the trinity is a way to tie up lose ends in the narrative. From my point of view it is a new religion being built upon the back of another religion. If you compare ancient judaism with modern christianity they are nearly at odds if not fully at odds. In the torah and the old testament god is portrayed as wicked, vengeful and out right brutal to anyone it sees fit to want to mess with or destroy.

But modern christians want to ignore these things because the hippy jesus has changed things. But how is it that jesus is the change? Unless they are implying that the ancient jews got god all wrong and jesus was god's attempt to correct the wrong perception? Modern christians don't specifically address it but they imply it with the dismissal of all those characteristics.

So what they attempted to do was square the round peg. You can fix the problems of a wicked and vindictive ancient interpretation of god by claiming jesus was god in the flesh. But to do this you also need a way of separating the two because it doesn't make any sense how a god that is suppose to be seperate from the universe can impact it. This is why they invent the holy ghost concept.

How do we say we know so much about God, what he wants and what he doesn't want, what his/her intentions for us are?

There's a whole industry tied up in this. Fascinating.

Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving on the earth.”(Genesis 1:28)

Additionally, true Christians are not afraid to discuss the actual harmony between the Hebrew and Greek scriptures.

Neologist said: @RF- You don't see how equating Jesus with his father dishonors God and demeans Jesus' sacrifice?
Surely you jest.

. When you constantly wear the god blinder goggles, you'll always see consistency and harmony and lack of contradictions. But the rest of us who are actually in reality not wearing the god goggles see the inconsistencies, errors, contradictions and lack of harmony.

The Trinity means "The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit", in other words 3 separate parts and I have no problem with that, it's just words and I can't figger why some people are so obsessed with it..

How do we say we know so much about God, what he wants and what he doesn't want, what his/her intentions for us are?

There's a whole industry tied up in this. Fascinating.

Romeo said: The Trinity means "The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit", in other words 3 separate parts and I have no problem with that, it's just words and I can't figger why some people are so obsessed with it..
Neologist asked: So you have never read the Athanasian Creed. How convenient.

Something I've been meaning to ask, Romeo. If any of these christians believe in the trinity, are they still acceptable to God? Still christian?

Only God knows whether he finds the trinity doctrine offensive. Personally I don't attach any importance to it, it's just something cooked up by mostly catholics.

You don't see how equatingJesus with his father dishonors God and demeans Jesus' sacrifice?
Surely you jest.

The Trinity means "The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit", in other words 3 separate parts and I have no problem with that, it's just words and I can't figger why some people are so obsessed with it..

So you have never read the Athanasian Creed. How convenient.

Never heard of it mate, and I don't give a rat's ass about creeds, I'm Jesus-focussed like everybody should be..
Jesus said:-"You have one teacher, me" (Matt 23:10)

It is good to hear that you are Jesus focused my friend, how would you interpret the illustration of the friendly Samaritan?