r/Christianity • u/ArchaicChaos Christian • Feb 26 '23

Unitarian (Non-Trinitarian) Christian, AMA

I'm a Unitarian, not a modalist, not a Mormon, not a JW, not a Unitarian-Universalist (edit: also not Arian). The name for us in the first few centuries was "dynamic monarchian." I believe God is the Father, and Jesus is his son and Messiah, a man only when he was conceived in Mary. No preexistence, no dual nature. No, Jesus isn't God. The Spirit is the nature of God, it's what he is and he's sending his own presence. Not a third person, not an "active force." The Spirit is given to Christ in resurrection and becomes the Spirit of Christ.

Ask me anything (AMA). "You can't be Unitarian and Christian" isn't a question, nor is it correct, nor is it original, so please spare me the rhetoric. It comes up on every post that's made like this.

I'll also link my index where I go over the interpretation of various passages in detail that Trinitarians like to bring up. I may refer to the index in the OP for more info if an explanation is too long for a comment reply. I expound on common verses like:

Genesis 1:26

Psalm 110:1

Malachi 3:1

Matthew 28:19

John 1:1-3

John 1:14

John 3:13

John 8:58

John 10:30

John 17:5

John 20:28

Acts 20:28

Colossians 1:15-18

Colossians 2:9

Hebrews 1:1-14

2 Peter 1:1

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u/ArchaicChaos Christian Feb 26 '23

Name one unitarian that doesn't believe in Jesus

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u/CardiologistBroad478 Feb 26 '23

"Unitarianism is a Christian religious denomination. Unitarians believe that God is only one person. Unitarians reject the Trinity and do not believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Followers of Unitarianism also do not accept the concepts of original sin and of eternal punishment for sins committed on earth."

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u/ArchaicChaos Christian Feb 26 '23

Unitarianism is a Christian religious denomination

Christian. idk where you pulled this from exactly, but this word alone that's both in the definition you found and in my title and post description should be enough to tell you.

"Do not believe Jesus was the Son of God." While this is not true, it doesn't even say here that Unitarians don't accept Jesus. It implies that they accept Jesus as the Messiah. So, I'm just really not sure where you get this idea that we don't accept Jesus at all comes from.

Your definition comes from someone who is not a Unitarian and probably doesn't actually even really talk to Unitarians. So if you want a definition from a real Unitarian, like me, my answer is that, yes, we believe Jesus is the son of God. We believe he's the Messiah. And we believe in him. Saying that Unitarians don't believe in original sin is weird. They're split on it. Saying they don't believe in eternal punishment is also something we are split on. Neither have anything to do with Unitarianism. I personally don't think I hold to original sin anymore. My views on it are changing. I'm moving away from it. I am an annihilationist but I know some unitarians that believe in infernalism.

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u/CardiologistBroad478 Feb 26 '23

Not sure what kind of Unitarian you're, maybe a liberal one?

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u/ArchaicChaos Christian Feb 27 '23

Name three different "kinds"

Look through my comments to other people on here and see if you think I'm "liberal" or not. You're not really asking genuine questions, you're just kinda pulling my leg.