I have tried different churches in my life. When I was younger Methodist and Catholic, no thanks. I have tried Southern Baptist but it was too contemporary . I even have LDS (Mornon) a shot and even though there were some nice things about it I couldn’t believe all of it:
Please help guide me I am willing to try different places. I am trying a LLMs to try and find a place but it’s not super helpful. Orthodox is so what kind? Reformed Baptist. Calvinist. Episcopal. Anglecan. There is just so many.
I like traditional and conservative and hymns. I’m willing to put up with MIGA a little bit if I have to I mean is there any not that way but I need to get out of the house.
Please don’t judge me I’m really seeking help. I’m in Alabama.
We further teach the doctrine of theosis like our Eastern Orthodox brethren, but we go further and read John 17 plainly -- God intends us to join Him in unity.
Modern Christians hate this idea because as we have discovered it is what the ancient Christians actually believed and taught. Iranaeus wrote that God became Man so that Man may become God, for instance.
Joseph Smith was really, really good at guessing what was missing from the Bible. Amazing, isn't it?
What's doubly sad is that early Christians absolutely believed all the stuff the latter-day saints believe. We just didn't know. Now that we have discovered ancient texts that were lost, we're learning more and more.
Joseph Smith is just a really good guesser, I guess.
Please, do study the New Testament to see for yourself how misguided the Christians have been since they stopped listening to the prophets and apostles.
The part that is not found in the Bible, nor part of the belief of any Christian until Greek philosophy entered in and spoiled and later codified at the Council of Nicaea in the 4th Century is that the three persons are one being, AKA "homoousis" or "hypostatic union". This is a completely foreign and incongruent idea.
The people who preach the doctrine of the trinity like to hide the part that is nonsense because it makes no sense, and emphasize the part that Jesus and all the others freely taught about.
Let me be perfectly clear about this: There ARE three separate persons and beings and they are God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. They are all "ONE" as it says in John, and Jesus intends us to become one with him as he is one with the Father. Another word for "one" is "UNITED".
Another false Christian doctrine that is not found in any scripture or belief until Greek philosophy took it over: *Creatio ex nihilo*, or in plain English: Creation from nothing. The Greek philosophers can't handle the idea that matter can be glorified and eternal just like God. They think matter is impure or unholy and God has no part with it. The idea that Christ's body was resurrected, literally, the body that died and was buried, is completely bonkers in Greek philosophy. It is a fundamental aspect of early Christianity, however: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ON EARTH as it is in heaven." In other words, Jesus intends to take over this earth and make it part of heaven. Today, the false doctrine of creatio ex nihilo introduces a whole host of problems, including the problem of evil. (IE: God created everything, therefore, God created evil, therefore God is evil.)