Does doctrinal accuracy Really Matter?
Nov 21, 2023 0:15:51 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Nov 21, 2023 0:15:51 GMT -5
Does doctrinal accuracy Really Matter?
Well, yes and no. There are things that are taught about God that will ultimately not matter once the truth is revealed in heaven. For example, Catholics venerate saints and Mary, while Protestants do not. They believe in doing penance via recitations of Hail Maries and the Lord's prayer and regularly go to confess their sins to humans that they refer to as priests. Protestants do don't.
There are Unitarians who consider Jesus to be only the Son of God and not God himself, while Trinitarians believe that Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Father are all God manifesting himself in different ways.
But does all that really matter for our salvation? After all, eventually, after the resurrection and glorification to heaven, all such misunderstandings or doctrinal inaccuracies will be rectified and the truth will be clearly revealed. Surely if a Trinitarian is told that he was wrong in heaven, he or she isn't going to start debating God himself- right? Of course not, they will simply accept that they had been wrong and worship God in the manner that they are being told to do so.
The same applies the other way around. Unitarians told that God is indeed a Trinity will not become enraged for having the true nature of God revealed.
Something that Does Matter
However, there is indeed a certain teaching that does matter because it attributes a certain criminal personality trait to our heavenly father that is morally unacceptable. The teaching I am referring to is the one that accuses God as condemn people to be tortured forever by his enemies Satan and his demons, while demanding that those in heaven not care about their suffering even if they might be our mother father brother or some daughter or close friend.
The veracity or lack of veracity of that doctrine does indeed make a difference since there are millions of humans who rightfully find it morally unacceptable and could not bring themselves into worshipping a entity who holds such a twisted moral view.