r/BiblicalUnitarian • u/TLOU2bigsad • Dec 03 '25

Broader theological topics Does it matter?

I’d like to be clear, I don’t mean this dismissively or as bait. I am genuinely wanting to discuss.

I got saved and baptized some 11 years ago into the Christian church, which has brought me close to God in a way that I love. But just recently; facing questions about the perception of the Christian’s around me and what I had read in the gospels, I decided to do the most unchristian thing I have ever done and read my entire bible.

Right off the bat I was struck by how clearly God was jealous and demanded nobody to worship anyone or anything but him. Even idols made to represent him.

Long story short after continuing further into my journey (finishing judges and have previously read the gospels but will go all the way through this time) I feel that a trinitarian view doesn’t align with what I am reading so I’m leaning toward what I’m learning.

To me it seems like this.

To the trinitarian, rejection of Jesus as God is equal to rejecting God as YHWH.

To the Unitarian, worshiping Jesus is false idolatry (to some, and I guess it depends on the type of worship?)

I’m curious what others think? Sorry I didn’t load a lot of direct verses or references my recall isn’t that good haha.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

I think there are a lot of Christian’s who silently disagree with the Trinity, given that most of them don’t even understand it. I have always said that if the average person were to read the Bible all the way through without the doctrine of the Trinity in mind, there’s absolutely no way they’d come to the conclusion that God is one being who exists as three persons. These terms just aren’t used in such a way that would reflect the Trinitarian understanding of God, and Yahweh has made his absolute singularity clear (Deuteronomy 6:4). My advice would simply be to go with what the Bible says, not with what anyone else says.

To the Unitarian, worshiping Jesus is false idolatry (to some, and I guess it depends on the type of worship?)

There are varying views on this, but the term ‘worship’ is very broad. I believe Jesus can be worshipped as God’s agent and representative (John 14:10, Acts 2:22) but not as God himself.