Is Jesus Christ a created being (Begotten Son) or has He always existed alongside God the Father (Eternal Son)?

Sounds to me like The_Omega has rejected the defining belief of Christianity like Arius and the JWs.

I remind everyone that I didn’t start with any of these beliefs in God, Bible, or Christian teachings. And the idea that we must believe something just because some old book says so was always rather ludicrous to me. When I read it, the most I could say is that it was as good as other fantasy and science fiction stories I had read. My reasons for belief and why Christianity tell some of the story and reasons why this changed. Regardless, I decided on every single point of doctrine for myself. IOW I have my own reasons in scripture and in life for each of these decisions.

The scripture which convinced me of the Christian view of God (i.e. Trinitarian) is Philippians 2:5-8 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

I see this as a tangible example of God choosing love and freedom over power and control. The obsession with power by so many I have met in and on the fringes of Christianity has not given me much reason to believe or give myself to what they worship. Indeed, it seemed to only reinforce the accusation by non-believers that their religion was just a tool of power for manipulating and controlling people. But in this description given by Philippians 2 we can see a different God who values something else.

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