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Monotheism

I think Tim has put out a video on monotheism that references some of the works that Dr. Joshua Sijuwade had mentioned as being the "most fundamental person".

In Than's new video "The Two Powers in Heaven" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzaOyXcon4s) There is an observation of the Greek New Testament, specifically the Substantival versus the Masoretic, in Daniel 7:13. The Substantival translation muddles the distinction between the Son and the Ancient of Days through a theological interpretation rather than a scribal error, in an attempt to preserve the idea of monotheism. It seems like "Angel Veneration and Christology" by Loren T Stuckenbruck isn't using the same definition of "monotheism" but rather the "one true God".

These philosophical and theological categories we're using now don't map onto these older understandings. I think that makes it difficult to deploy as an argument in a way that is not just a theory, because there could be contending theories. For example, it was a scribal error, or they weren't seen as two persons but may be one person in different forms like in modalism.

@Than Christopoulos

Would love your input here as these differences in understanding of "monotheism" throughout time and its implications in apologetic work and argument deployment needs some clarity.

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