Mandotory For All To Believe In The Trinity.

[HartfordWhalers]

[quote name='Mateo el Feo' date='Oct 1 2004, 09:29 AM'] This is just not accurate, if I understand you correctly. Unfortunately, Christianity has never been embraced by 90% of the world's population.

God bless. [/quote]
According to which statistics, may I ask?

[Mateo el Feo]

[quote name='HartfordWhalers' date='Oct 1 2004, 11:59 AM'] According to which statistics, may I ask? [/quote]
OK. Now, I'm confused. I rejected an unsubstantiated claim (i.e. 90% of the world's population at one time accepted Christianity). Now I have to prove your claim false by using statistics?

I'm merely working on common sense here. The Middle Ages predates Christian evangelization of the Americas. It was a time when Christianity was busy fighting off Islam (which by the way, was extremely widespread during this period). Aside from northern Africa, that continent barely knew Christianity. In Asia, there were missions, but majority Christian populations in that continent weren't too likely--though I imagine that much of the missionary success was undone by the imposition of Islam. The Pacific Rim and Australia hadn't even gotten the message of Christianity.

So your proposition is that at the same time that Europe's population was decimated by the Black Plague (heck, let's even forget the Plague), Christianity outnumbered (9-to-1) all other people, including the combined population of North America, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and the rest of the Pacific Rim (not to mention most of Asia)?

BTW, I suspect that the 90% figure may be related to the total population that was subject to a Christian Crown (e.g the Dutch, French, Spanish, etc). Probably some point in the Colonial period.

[White Knight]

I always thought that, if you dont believe in the Trinity, then you weren't considered a true believer, and if you claim to be Christian, then your not a full believer.

[cmotherofpirl]

To be a christian you must believe in the Trinity.

[White Knight]

and to not believe in the Trinity, but claim to be a believer anyway, is a imposeration right?

[jasJis]

[quote name='White Knight' date='Oct 1 2004, 03:29 PM'] and to not believe in the Trinity, but claim to be a believer anyway, is a imposeration right? [/quote]
No, that's Jehovah Witness.

[White Knight]

Jehovah Witnesses are imposteration of Christianity.

[cmotherofpirl]

Mormons are in the same category.

[MichaelFilo]

Knowing of the Trinity is no more salvic than knowing of quantam physics is an aid in adding integers. Rejecting the Trinity however is like learning how to add integers to understand quantam physics.

God bless,

Mikey

Postscriptum, White, define "true believer" and please explain your capatilization.