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Well the angels are called "sons and daughters of God." Jesus never said he was God, he said he was his Son. In fact, he even rebuked those that tried to equate him with his Father! He prayed and worshiped His Father in Heaven, and the Father even opens the Heavens and says "This is my beloved...

Conscience: Jesus being portrayed as God's chief angel is extremely ancient doctrine you know. The JW founders probably came to the conclusion for themselves that this felt right and desired to revive these beliefs. The Trinity was invented by the Catholic church who modified new testament...

Yes it's very possible they are the same. Some apocrypha texts give Jesus and Michael two separate characters, though both Michael and Jesus are angels/sons of God. It's also kinda sketchy in our own modern bibles today, but if I had to choose one of the angels of God, the most likely candidate...

"He was revealing the Christ's love towards humanity and those who aren't showing love for the Savior or love to their fellow brothers and in darkness....." that last part should read "are in darkness." sorry lol

The apostle John had written that verse though, not Jesus personally. But I don't think he meant to be harsh. He was revealing the Christ's love towards humanity and those who aren't showing love for the Savior or love to their fellow brothers and in darkness..... It may sound a bit harsh to...

hi mee, don't Jehovah's Witnesses believe Michael the Archangel is Jesus? Well I know for sure that they separate God from the Christ, which is his Son. I'm not sure if he's Michael, but I do feel the same way, I never could get myself to see Christ and the Father as equal or the same Being...

I believe there's various grades of the Heavens, kinda like the various places of the world, each and every place looks and feels different. Each one has certain entities, angels, and even people in it. An example of this would be like in the 2 books of Enoch, where the angel takes him to...

Going outside of orthadox teaching, some early christian movements saw John the Baptist as a Catholic interpolation to explain Messianic prophecy for Jesus. They thought the same for the Nativity, and quite a bit of other scenes from the Gospels. To the early churches of Paul, John the Baptist...

and what makes you say Paul was completely faith-baised? Actually he expressed a trinitarian system of spirituality in the words hope, faith, and love. But the greatest of all those he says is love. For a Pauline Christian, devotion to the Christ's teachings were most important. Pauline...

Have you gotten a copy of the Nag Hammadi library? Its found at most large bookstores now. It's a bunch of Gnostic scripture that was discovered, well not too long ago. It broadens our understanding of Gnostic beliefs big time! Its got the Gospel of Thomas in there, another very early Synoptic...

thanks Bluejay, and yes! there sure was alot of variety for Christianity way back then, and there still can be. Searching for all those "lost" Christianities is like piecing together the whole piece of God's puzzle. :) hey there Brian. I pretty much enjoy all of Christendom. I know there...

Most early Christians were divided because of this very subject. The Judeo-Christians of Peter/James/John's apostilic line believed the God Yahweh created the world, but the Pauline Christians believed Satanael created the world after he was banished from the Kingdom of Light, and boasted that...

yep, there's just too many conflicting views to come to any sort of conclusion about who Jesus was, or if he existed at all. Some believe he was God Almighty, the archangel Michael, prophet, magician, or just a crazed rebel against the political/religious agenda of the times. It's all a matter...

Marcion and the early church is a big interest of mine, so automatically I'd have to agree with the last post, that this is true ;) Before an actual canon of scripture existed in Orthadox churches (as in a closed Book/New Testament canon), the bishop from Asia Minor, Marcion had compiled what...

hi Diablo, let's see if I can answer ur question. :) When I first studied Marcionite beliefs, I was instantly hooked. I had never been very interested in Christianity until I learned there was so much diversity in its history. I was always thrown off course by religion because nothing...

hi there, I love interfaith forums and deciding to join in. ;) I haven't yet found a safe refuge for my particular beliefs as an alternative Christian. I like to try and fellowship with other Christians but it's difficult because of their contrasting beliefs set against mine. I'm a Christian...