Dr. Antion did not indicate that he shudders over the not-quite-so-public binitarian doctrine, which posits that humans from his binitarian camp will advance into a fully Divine “Family of Gods” assembly whereupon those members (and only they) are considered “God” and “Gods” in their own right.  These newly formed exclusive binitarian Gods (as brothers of Jesus the God) will become Creators, Saviors, and Co-Rulers of the world.  They will be able to give or destroy life in an ultimate power trip.

        The essential ingredient of the Armstrong binitarian myth is that supporters of this multiple-God scheme will ultimately become Divine God-Persons in a Family of God-Persons.  Each member in that family (as they now tell it privately) will become lesser Gods (in rank) with all the associated powers of Almighty God.  But, according to rational biblical thought, their concept is commonly defined as polytheism.  Response: Binitarianism is simply a counterfeit Christian sub-system; a self-deification delusion.

        Seeing that an openly stated position declaring that humans will become Gods causes Dr. Antion to shudder and pull back, does Dr. Antion then shudder and pull back from the Armstrong “Family of Gods” concept, which concept now secretly embraces the very same thing that causes him to shudder—that they will become Gods just like God?  I did not hear him say he shuddered about the Family of Gods doctrine on his tapes.  Perhaps he did and I missed it.  Does Dr. Antion suggest that no one will become Gods, even in a Family of Gods?  What is the difference between an open declaration “We will become Gods!” and the typical and now little advertised binitarian Family of Gods core doctrine which asserts that members of the Armstrong binitarian system will become Divine Gods?  None.  If binitarians do not become Gods, their system fails.

                                                   God cannot die!

 

        Further along, Dr. Antion seems to shudder on hearing yet another common phrase.  The phrase is: “God cannot die.”  The reason Dr. Antion disagrees with this declaration is that he thinks Jesus is God, and since Jesus died, then of course, God can die.

Dr. Antion says that the definition stating that God CANNOT die isour definition.  Evidently, it is not God’s definition, but a definition gleaned from previous “heretical” One-God Seminar papers. Likewise, other binitarian preachers have also conveniently declared that certain ordinary English definitions are “not God’s definitions,” but our personal definitions.  Redefining common ordinary terms and words to suit a particular church doctrine is a common tactic in Armstrong binitarian circles.  If they do NOT redefine terms, then their theology will fail miserably.  But a change of language does not change the facts.  Their nature-of-God doctrines depend on redefined terms.  For example, binitarians have conveniently redefined the words “God,” “monotheism,” “word,” and “polytheism.”  They teach that God is not one, but many, although on the other hand, they do insist that God is one.  This amounts to a deception.

Let me remind you that death is rationally and commonly defined as the permanent cessation of life in which all vital functions cease permanently.

        “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom.6:23).

        Death is usually not defined as life in another form, except by trinitarians as a “separation” from God (which maintains life) and apparently by binitarians such as Dr. Antion (in speaking of God) as simply a free-will and deliberate mystical exchange of being or form.  In the binitarian mind, the death of God is not death at all but life in another form!  The word “death” in this sense has been rendered unrecognizable by Dr. Antion.  But in a true rational and monotheistic sense, God is commonly characterized as immortal and infinite (Webster).  These two terms, immortal and infinite, automatically exclude the possibility of true normal death as commonly understood.  By definition then, an eternal infinite being cannot ever die.  Ergo, God, as an eternal, immortal, and infinite spirit being, cannot die.  And to answer Dr. Antion: No, God cannot die even if he wanted to.  There are some things that God just cannot do and still be God.  For instance, God cannot create a rock too large for him to move or create a being he cannot destroy at will.  And it is the apostle Paul, not us, who says God cannot lie (Tit.1:2).  In spite of all this, according to his sermons, Dr. Antion thinks God can die whenever he wants to—that he has the “free will” to do so. He seems to think that God has the choice and ability to die—that God can go into and out of existence at will.  But once God is out of existence, it is baffling to me as to how he can bring himself back into existence.  I suppose that once God is dead, God can resurrect himself as well.  On the death of God, Dr. Antion asks the rhetorical question: “Well, what if God wanted to make himself into a man—could he die?  Could God do that if he wanted to?”  (Notice the singular “he/himself” pronouns.) The Bible can answer this.  David proclaimed:  (Continued...)