Heretics and the Universal Triune Organization

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>As a trinitarian christian, I must say that I'm still quite unaware of this
>universal animosity as well. While there are probably some very ignorant and
>immature individuals who would take their theological disagreements to such
>a personal level, in my experience most would not.

With all due respect toward Mr Ormsbee.  What this good sister is writing
about is not just 'theological disagreements', but who is truely born again
and who is not.  I invite Brenda can correct me, but I understood her
witness was NOT about vasilating between who is right and who is wrong or
what theological doctrinal position is best, but about salvation. It is our
doctrinal position that causes us to reach out to the every lost individual,
including trinitarians.
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>I'm saddened that this has been your experience with a few bad apples. When
>I was in the UPC I was taught to expect this kind of treatment, but in all
>my years there I never experienced this. I may have experienced a little
>persecution by the world for my general christian beliefs but not in regards
>to my monarchianism. 

It may have been that you did not present your monarchianism in the correct
light.  For when Monotheistic Monarchianism is presented correctly, a line
is drawn, not of theology but of soteriology.

>>If we are correct, then they are not saved.... If 
>>they are correct, then we are not saved.....
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>Believe it or not, there are many trinitarians besides myself (even within
>the much maligned Assemblies of God!!) who do consider oneness folks fellow
>christians and very much saved....
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I am so glad that you feel this way, and I would very much like to afford
you the same consideration, but cannot do so without denying the truth.  

You are either a very interesting individual or you never truely believed
the truth concerning Jesus Christ.  The paradigm of the trinity is so
disturbingly inconsistant that I can only conclude that you were a
monarchianist only in word but not indeed.

I am not trying to flame you!  On the contrary, I am being painfully honest.
I will be praying for you that you too will be saved.  

Simply put, If I can be saved as a Monarchianist then I have nothing to
worry about.  But if you cannot be saved as a Trinitarian then you are in
trouble, and it is my Christian duty to reach out to you in true christian
love.     

>With all due respect, I think the absolute WORST response would be to teach
>new believers "what to expect" from other denominations.

I could not agree with you more in this.  We should teach new believers to
reach out to every lost individual they can, and love them with the love of
God so that they may know the truth, including trinitarians!  Some may get
angry and spit at you and others will downplay the difference as if it means
nothing, but we should still love and pray and witness to them of the truth
concerning salvation.