didn't He clearly mention it in bible , so people needed 300 years to understand it? beside the fact that there are many sects that reject the idea of trinity.
Does God play games with us?
Doesn't God love people? why lead them to such confusion?
2006-10-14 11:21:25 · 12 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the trinity has nothing to do with god! It is a man made doctrine and not scriptural, it's our churches who's playing the games!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-14 11:24:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
God doesn't lead people to confusion, they find it when they don't completely follow Him.
Why would God want us to believe in the trinity? Well, God wants us to believe what is true (that's my believe, anyway).
Jesus and God have the same titles and names (Isaiah 45:22 & John 20:28, Exodus 3:14 & John 8:58, 1 Timothy 6:15 & Revelation 19:16, Isaiah 12:1 & Acts 4:10-12, Psalm 18:31 & 1 Corinthians 10:4, Isaiah 44:6 & Revelation 1:17).
Jesus and God are worthy of the same honor (Nehemiah 9:6 & Hebrews 1:6, Isaiah 45:22-23 & Philippians 2:10-11, Revelation 4:11 & Revelation 5:12, Joshua 24:24 & Colossians 3:24, Isaiah 43:10 & Acts 1:8).
Jesus and God have the same qualities (Malachi 3:6 & Hebrews 13:8, Hosea 11:9 & Acts 3:14, Romans 11:33 & Ephesians 3:8, Psalm 116:5 & 1 John 2:1, Jeremiah 42:5 & Revelation 3:14, Psalm 46:1 & Philippians 4:13, Psalm 27:1 & John 8:12, Psalm 71:5 & 1 Timothy 1:1, Jeremiah 17:13 & John 4:14, Revelation 21:6 & 7:37).
Jesus and God do the same acts (Genesis 1:1 & Hebrews 1:10, Psalm 130:8 and Titus 2:13-14, Jeremiah 31:34 & Luke 5:20, Psalm 65:2 & John 14:14, Psalm 107:29 & Luke 8:24, Isaiah 41:10 & Matthew 28:20, 1 John 3:20 & John 21:17, Jeremiah 17:10 & Revelation 2:23, John 10:29 & John 10:28, Psalm 96:13 & John 5:2).
2006-10-14 18:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by sarcrl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where in the Bible does it say that God wants us to believe the trinity? God is not to blame for the foolishness of man. The trinity doctrine is not something that he thought up. Triune gods have been in existence for thousands of years, and they are all the product of man's warped imagination of God. People who claim to go by the Bible should no better, but they don't. There is not one single verse in the Bible that says God is made up of three co-equal, co-eternal persons. Some will point to Matt. 28:19, where the Father, the Son and the holy spirit are mentioned in the same verse, although it says nothing about God existing in three persons. Jesus said at John 4:24 that the "true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth." If you choose to accept the trinity, you are not worshiping God in spirit and truth.
2006-10-14 22:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No body but men said anything about the trinity being what GOD wanted us to believe in. That was a doctrine created by mankind. Just like christianity on a whole. I mean, did GOD ever tell you that is what it is. You can ask, but when HE gives an answer you do not agree with then it just isn't true. Correct? People can call on and pray to GOD all day and night. But as soon as HE answers, you don't believe it. Or you are considered delusional. Do you see the logic? But you can go to a church and have a priest throw water on you and you are blessed. That is like paying a hooker a lot of money and all of a sudden be shocked when she decides to repay the favor. Bad analogy, but you get the point. PEACE!
2006-10-14 18:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not mean to confuse us - it's part of having faith. The trinity is simply a way of describing the the different aspects of God. We are actually created like this in the most basic of ways. We have many different "sides" to us. Some are good and some are bad. We can only choose one "side" to communicate from consistently - whereas God can consistenly exist from all three ways. If He wants to speak to you in a personal way he uses the Holy Spirit. He used Jesus being born as a man on earth to walk among the people He created and to make Himself more known to them, and God in Heaven was the Creator that we have yet to meet.
Theologans are choking on their coffee right now, I'm sure, to be explaining it this way, but for the lay person who needs a real way to relate to God, this can help.
2006-10-14 18:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Stella Bing 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lets first play with your word "believe" lets quote a famous bible text a different way: John 3:16 For God "SO" loved [The Father] you He gave [Jesus Gave Himself] so IF you will BE-LIVE in Him you will not die but have everlasting life, Jn 14:15 "IF" you love me keep My commandments, okay the trinity, That is A interesting subject and IF you really want to know fact about that there is a web address that anwsers questions as that is very involved its www.bibleinfo.com also free bible lessons at www.itiswritten.com God bless you, hay next Sabbath [Saturday] visit A Seventh Day Adventist Church in your area, again God bless you, by the way belief, even satan has that, its what you do with it that matters, IF is a very big word isn't it?
2006-10-14 18:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People play games. Not God. The word "trinity" does not appear one time in the Bible.
2006-10-14 18:24:09 · answer #7 · answered by beckini 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God said, "Let us make man in our image.". Elohim (God) is plural of ELYH (God). We are made in the image of God. Body, soul & spirit. God is a trinity, but it is complicated.
There were visions of the Ancient of Days in the Old Testiment prophets. There were those who wrestled with God (Jacob). Hagar saw God & didn't die. This is God in a vision and is in human form or is the angel of His presence. This is the Word of God before He put on flesh. So also The Father is Spirit or All knowing (Soul), and none has seen Him. If you see the Son, you would see the express image of God for the fullness of God is with Him. Then the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove... So each is different, so each is = The LORD (Yahweh) thy God (Elohim) is One (EKD, united) LORD (Yahweh).
We are made in God's image. Body (feelings), soul (feelings, choices, spirit (feeling). When we choose to rebel against God (like the 1st adam), we spiritually die. So lose spiritual connection with God. Our sins have separated us from God. So, Jesus said that to see the Kingdom of God we must be born again (spiritual rebirth). Become like children (trusting God). When the spiritual rebirth happens person again is reconnected to God and can pray in spirit & truth 24/7.
2006-10-14 18:36:06 · answer #8 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we understood everything about God we would be Him. Nobody will ever fully understand what God wants and what His plan for us is, we just have to live be the simple Commandments and live life to the fullest, there is no point reading into things that philosphers (or whatever they are called) have been trying to look into for years. By the way I am Christian and I go to Church every Sunday, please don't take offence to my comment but that is how I look at it.
2006-10-14 22:56:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is the one who is deceiving people...
it is mentioned several times...see 1 John 5:6-7
also Matt 28:19 these show the concept...Jesus talked about the comforter coming which is the Holy Spirit-the third part of the trinity...
2006-10-14 18:24:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
First of all: God didn't write the bible.
Get that point straight and come to me for the next lesson
LATER: Wow, from all the thumbs downzies in here tonight, I can tell the Christian Right is all fired up and sitting at their computers trying to force more scripture to accommodate their superiority agendas
2006-10-14 18:24:31 · answer #11 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋