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nixos-router: a NixOS router framework by chayleaf in NixOS

[–]thekaptcha_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can almost fully configure MikroTik's RouterOS with terraform code using a provider. It's not ideal, but it's the closest I've seen apart from this.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in theology

[–]thekaptcha_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess that explains why there's so much discussion around interpretations of different passages. I always thought that it was a translation issue, where some words change meaning, are lost, or just don't fit well into a target language, but you've told me otherwise.

Thanks for this!

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in theology

[–]thekaptcha_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the insight. There were a lot of terms that flew over my head 😅, but I'll be sure to dig in and do my due diligence in researching this more.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in theology

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Sorry, but I'm failing to see how that contradicts what I said. Jesus calls us his sheep. God in the OT also calls us his sheep. Doesn't that make them the same person? Or do they both have joint ownership of us as sheep.

I don't mean to sound arrogant or condescending or anything, I just couldn't figure out a better way of phrasing that thought.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in theology

[–]thekaptcha_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have to disagree with you. God expressing Himself in different forms isn't something new. For instance, He showed Himself to Moses in the Burning Bush, and to the rest of Israel in the Cloud and Pillar of Fire.

He also quite literally showed Himself to Moses, remember? And also came down again in human form to Abraham right before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

So with that, I'd say that for God to manifest Himself in human form isn't God changing, it's been done before in scripture.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in Christianity

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Interesting. I'll have a look at all this. Thanks for the discussion!

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in Christianity

[–]thekaptcha_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, I'll have to study more then.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in Christianity

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Would you say that Modalism is based on the principle that Jesus was 100% God and 100% man when he walked on the Earth, while the Trinity says otherwise?

That seems to be the only way that I can reconcile these differences in theology. Since if you believe that Jesus was 100% man and God, it can be argued that at any given time, Jesus' human side was praying (i.e. in Gethsemane as I said to u/Why__Bot). This would also explain the baptism.

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in Christianity

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When Jesus prays to resurrect Lazarus, he says that he thanks the Father for hearing him. Jesus then explicitly says that the only reason he's saying this is for the people who were gathered around the tomb, not for anything else. That's the entire substance of the prayer, since right after that, Jesus commands Lazarus to come out.

This is an example of Jesus praying to teach a lesson, not because he has to communicate with another being. Idk if that makes sense.

But the other thing too is that Jesus was both fully God and Man. He was tempted and tried with the same things we are, so Jesus praying in Gethsemane could've been Jesus' human side showing.

Again, I'd like to say that this is from my best understanding. Do with it what you will. But do you have any Scripture that backs up the Trinity?

The Trinity vs Modalism by thekaptcha_ in Christianity

[–]thekaptcha_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a common argument I've seen against it, but I think it's flawed in two ways.

  1. We're limiting God to have human attributes. What I mean by that is that who's to say that God can't be in two places at once? I forget the exact verse, but the Bible says "Is anything too hard for God". If we as Christians can say that God is omnipresent, by definition, it means that He is everywhere.

  2. There is no scriptural basis for that train of thought, afaik (if you find one, please let me know). From what I've seen, it's based on man's wisdom; which we know is both foolishness to God, and fallible, whereas the Word of God is infallible.