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Originally Posted by coolerboy123
Then they're not really Christian groups. Christianity is pretty much predicated on the belief that Jesus is the son of god and that they are one.
Not at all. Orthodox versions of Christianity accept this, but there are many Christian groups that either reject the trinity doctrine and some who reject the full divinity of Jesus, or at least are tolerant of alternative views on the nature of Jesus..
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Scriptures are pretty explicit about Jesus' divinity
Not really. Some writers, such as the author of John, are there, but others, such as the writer of Mark, not so much.
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Believing the bible has something to do with it.
Nah. The trinity is not found in the Bible, although it is not implausibly consistent with the Bible. Rather it is a doctrine developed by later theologians who used Greek philosophy to make sense of what seemed like inconsistent claims in the Bible.
More broadly, I don't get why the non-Christians here are so concerned to police the borders of Christianity or Catholicism. If thekid345 wants to claim that identity while maintaining certain kinds of Islamic language and views, so what? Why would we care? More to the point, on what grounds are we going to claim that someone either is or is not a real Christian?
I mean, sure, I guess a lot of people here think he is trolling and so they are calling him out on that, but that is different from claiming that real Catholics/Christians can't have his putative views.