Despite the view of many Christians to the contrary, one need only refer to a host of Christian writers through the centuries to show that reasonable interpreters of the Bible have consistently upheld the doctrine of the unity of God throughout history. A good example is Edward Elwall, prominent eighteenth-century Baptist merchant and writer of religious literature. In 1726 he wrote in his tract Dagon fallen upon his stumps, `Is it not as gross an Absurdity to say, the One God of Heaven and Earth, is Three or Four Persons, as to say, the One King of Great Britain and Ireland, is Three or Four Persons? Is not the former altogether as false as the latter?
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2006-07-06 07:50:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dont know dont care
2006-07-06 07:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with being a smarta$$ is that eventually someone is gonna twig that you don't know diddly.
Your prominent Baptist merchant could write all the religious tracts he wanted, but he was no theologian, nor even biblical scholar. He interpreted for himself what HE decided God should be and then spent time and money trying to convince everyone else how right he was and how wrong everyone else was. Didn't work for him; won't work for you.
The Lord is GOD. Among other things that means by definition He must be "that than which there is nothing greater". He MUST be infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient. Because if He isn't, then something else IS and that something else becomes, again by definition, GOD!
Since He is so infinitely superior to a mere mortal human being and since you and your "expert" are mere mortal human beings, where do you get off telling Him how HE has to be? To suit your finite notions?
Sorry, Jesus Himself equated Himself with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit on the level of their shared divinity! Three Persons in One Godhead. We will NEVER be able to understand HOW this can be. We can only decide to accept it or not.
Pride is your stumbling block on issues of the mysteries of what God is REALLY like, in His Nature. Clutch your pride or clasp Christ; you can't have both.
2006-07-06 08:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
"Who has seen me has seen the Father."
2006-07-06 08:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋