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Do you have to believe Jesus is God to be a good Christian?
I think there are some terms that need to be defined in this question:
What is a "good Christian" if not someone who realizes they are a sinner in need of a savior? The only kind of savior able to free us from moral enslavement is one that is outside of that enslavement. It would require a god to be in that position and have power over moral law and death. Without Jesus being God there is no Christianity, and actually there is no universe because all things were made through him, by him, and for him.
The trinity is essential for God to be a God of eternal love. Love from the beginning. Love is impossible without an object of that love, like how a father loves a son.
There are "good Christians" who DO believe in a savior, but aren't Trinitarians. To say that this "requires a god" is an opinion with real world examples that it isn't true. One may not agree with all the theological points of some of the non-Trinitarian sects, but I wouldn't insult them by automatically saying they aren't "good Chritians", just because they don't believe Jesus is God.