© Copyright April 2004 F. Paul Haney

CFM, P.O. Box 337, Kensington, CT 06037 USA

Presented to the One-God Seminar in Sterling, Virginia, May 2004

        Dr. David Antion is a non-trinitarian, Multiple-God-Persons advocate.  For many years (1956-79), Dr. Antion was a member or minister in the sabbatarian Worldwide Church of God (WCG).  The WCG, under the authoritarian control of the late Herbert W. Armstrong, rightly rejected the Trinity of three Gods in one.  But rather than replace the Catholic triune God with the single biblical God, Mr. Armstrong replaced it with a many-human-gods-in-one “binitarian” model he claimed was monotheistic.  He was wrong.  His model presents God as two separate Divine Gods right now plus millions more Divine Human-Gods in a scheme that supports a whole host of “Gods” in a futuristic hierarchical pantheon of Gods.  By definition, this model, the very model Dr. Antion embraced years ago, represents the practice of polytheism. Yet in spite of Dr. Antion’s support of many Gods, he declares that “God is one.”  In line with the Roman Catholic Church teaching, Dr. Antion also suggests that Christ had two separate natures; one human and the other Divine. Evidently, Jesus was 100% God and 100% man, equaling 200%.  Jesus, then, must have a split or a dual personality.  Maybe he is “bi-polar.”

         In his undated “Deity of Christ” seven-tape, 13-sermon series (about 10 ½ hours total), Dr. Antion critiques previous One-God Seminar publications and audio seminar accounts. In his critique, he promptly denounces One-God advocates and claims that the presenters at One-God Seminars are spreading ancient heresies.  Dr. Antion does not call them “heretics” directly, but certainly only heretics would spread heretical doctrines.  He wrongly defines biblical monotheism (my practice) as the “heresy” of Arianism.  He misrepresents me (indirectly) and distorts the record by saying we call Jesus an “ordinary” man.  I do not and he was not.  He was special, unique, one of a kind.  He is Lord and the Son of God.  And I am not a Unitarian.  I reject Unitarian Universalist doctrines.

        Dr. Antion begins his sermon series with a harsh condemnation of One-God advocates and their beliefs.  He promptly informs his listeners that we who believe in one God are spreading ancient resurrected heresies “dressed up in a pseudo” (false/deceiving) way. With this false polarizing characterization of One-God promoters ringing in the ears of his audience, coloring their thoughts, he glibly says he hopes to “fairly” present the other side, the side of these apparently outrageous heretics.  After voicing this artificial and insincere hope, he peppers his frequent misrepresentations of the One-God position liberally with mocking sarcasm and bombastic unanswered questions; intimidating questions designed to lead people to particular binitarian multiple-God conclusions.

With regard to preachers in his own multi-God camp who, in typical Armstrong binitarian fashion, openly claim and insist that they will become Gods “as God is God,” Dr. Antion says: “It makes me shudder!”  (But he does not reject their claims.)

        Dr. Antion, himself previously a Sabbatarian Worldwide Church of God preacher, has heard other WCG preachers assert that they are going to become Gods and he does not like to hear that.  (No biblical monotheist would dare make such a brazen claim.)  That shameless and blasphemous declaration troubles Dr. Antion.  He feels uneasy.  And he should.  He instinctively and rightly pulls back from such wild claims.  In spite of this intuitive reaction, he said that he, and doubtless also those in his camp, will become Divine Persons.  He claims God and Christ are Divine Persons (p.4).  Evidently, Dr. Antion plans on becoming a Divine God-Person in a pantheon of Divine God-Persons.  (Continued...)

IT MAKES ME SHUDDER!