The Father is Not the Son

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Summary: Fascinating look at true agenda of Trinitarian Fathers
Review: I had never thought much about what the Trinity was or even how it came to be, so when the opportunity to read this book came along, I immediately found myself hooked. The concept of a Father/Son/Holy Ghost "substance" which is three yet one is as hypocritical as the methods and philosophy behind the Trinity itself. Ex: Who would have thought that the infiltration of heretical beliefs into Christianity would have resulted in a bitter Athanasius vs. Arius battle that would divide an empire through murder, betrayal, and hidden agendas? The incredible documentation and excerpts speak for themselves, and Smullin had to do very little explaining to convince of me that the substitution of a loving Heavenly Father, son Jesus Christ, and Holy Ghost for a selfish state of nothingness or a vengeful God intent on "using" humanity (per Augustine) goes against that which Jesus taught. The authors of the Creeds condemn themselves by their own words. I was amazed at the almost anti-Christian roots of a belief which is so widely clung to acros the world. I heartily recommend this book for any scholar of Christianity.

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Summary: Well documented explanation of the nature of the Godhead!
Review: Mr. Smullin has done an outstanding job on researching this book! He has found numerous quotes and histories of how the once simple truth of the Godhead has been distorted to the belief in the Trinity. Many of the quotes in this book have been documented back to the 1800's, 1700's and even as early as the 1600's. This book is well worth the time in reading if you're interested in the truth.

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Summary: Against the "Trinity", but defends Tritheism(Three Gods)
Review: Praise God that He is working through His People to search for the truth and not just settle for unexplained tradition.
This Book is from a Latter Day Saints viewpoint. A mormon. I did not know a whole lot about them, othere than the basics of the beginnings of their religion. :Joseph Smiths "vision", the Gold plates and the two stones and breastplate that he is said to have found. But I dont feel, in Christ, that it is right just to say something is heretical just because tradition says so. So I began to read the book.
It started out basically proving the nonsense of the traditional Trinity "doctrine". That is not difficult to do, One, without even knowing any scripture could hear it explained and say, "That doesnt make any sense at all" Then the response "We are just too limited to understand it." As if God does not want us to know about Him, or to explain Him to someone in a way that has no explanation. It seems to start out O.k., but it replaces the Trinity (Three Persons making One God) with a Three God theory. It says that the Father is God, and that Jesus is a god. He says that the church Fathers were Tritheistic, and does a very poor job of proving it. Then He says that God has a Body like a mans' (Which was interesting) but though He used some scripture to "prove" that, He could have used more, and could have addressed the scriptures that seem to say otherwise. He basiclly states His case by saying that God is said to have hands, a face, a tounge and says that because the Bible says that He has thoughts, it suggests He has a Brain.
Jesus said that the Father is "The ONLY True God."John 17:3. And if He says that The Father is not the Son, but that they are both Gods', and if the Father is the only true God, it does not seem to fit together. He, like many other "theories" try to state their side of the case, but ignore many of the scriptures that seem to contradict what they are saying. There is Only One God, the Father, Jesus said it. It is by His Word Becoming flesh, that of Him, God is present and presented. Christ means "Anointed", acts 10:38 says that God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit. It is God revealing Himself through His Spirit/Word through the man Jesus. Jesus called Himself a man "John 8:40", and the Bible says that "GOD IS NOT A MAN that He should lie. Nor The SON OF MAN" Numbers 23:19. God also said that He is not man "Hosea 11:9". There are explanations to the scriptures such as John 1:1, John 10:30,Hebrews 1:8, Isaiah 9:6 ect. It is not just something God said that is not to be understood. If you want, we can, LORD willing, get together and discuss these things.[...]