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Not-so-favorite childhood heresies and heterodoxies

I am listening to an audio version of None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God by Matthew Barrett and following along with a written copy. Many books have been written on the attributes and doctrine of God, but this one is a little different. It tackles the attributes that are harder to wrap our minds around such as impassibility, aseity, and simplicity and how they interrelate as a cohesive whole. (To make them standalone would be denying simplicity right there.)  These less intuitive attributes are also crucial to get God right so the mental and spiritual stretching is necessary but good. I'm only in the 5th chapter and I find myself recalling many of the wrong ideas I had as a Christian . Some were from childhood, but several were from my adult years. Why did I believe those things? Because I had a very weak doctrine of God. So without any further ado, here are a few of my not-so-favorite heresies and heterodoxies: God was lonely so he created people. God needed...