Why should I feel guilty that I do not believe in the Trinity?

Question

One may be a Christian who does not believe in the Trinity with out denying Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

denying the Trinity is not denying Jesus is God. I believe Jesus is God and still do not believe in a trinity.

All protestants do NOT believe in the Trinity. There are quite a few who do not believe in it at all, and claim strict monotheism which does not leave room for such a thing as a trinity.

Answer 1

You shouldn't. Israelites believe in one true God and none others. And they're coping with not believing in Trinity just fine.

Answer 2

It is not the belief in the Father Son and comforter that makes the trinity , which composes the trinity doctrine. It is the belief that these three are equal parts of one being, and therefor that Jesus and God are one person. This is only alluded to in scripture. Those who are sold on this idea are willing to separate the the body by saying if you do not agree then you are not a memeber of the body. These seem to wish to value a iffy doctrine over the direct order to be in one accord. Some use their own interpretation of baptism for the same purposes.

Ignore them. Read your Bible and pray and just accept people who have their own separatest doctrines to further their own private agenda. Obviously they are stunted in their growth. Being of one accord is a preimminent doctrine and not pulling out the tares is a the way to handle those who may be weeds. Just love them and assume they are mislead, by a teacher who has a hidden agenda.

There are scriptures that can be used to promote the trinity doctrine each haveing an alternate explanation. The crux is that we must know Jesus is Lord to us. Jesus at a minimum is the picture of God presented to us here on earth.

There are also scriptures that present Jesus and God as separate life forms.

It is important in every believers study to have a "i do not yet understand" file.

for it is a true view that

"now we look into a mirror darkly but when the perfect comes we will see as we are seen".

We can no more understand the exact relationship between Jesus and God than we can the relationship between our own souls and spirit. It is not a relationship that lends itself to being expressed in words.

consistancy is the hobgoblin of small minds

Answer 3

According to King James version of the holy bible, Jesus said if you believe in God, believe also in me. I dont know your denomination but as far as I know, all protestants believe in in the trinity. I am a christian and if I didn't believe in the Trinity (God the father, the Son and the holy spirt) , I would feel very guilty, but I would never try to change a persons belief.

Answer 4

If you DO feel guilty then obviously it's because you know it's real and you are rejecting the idea because it's too hard to grasp. By the way, if you DON'T truly believe in the Trinity but you believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost what do you call them? The Three Amigos maybe?

Answer 5

You don't have to feel guilty that you do not believe in the Trinity. I do not believe in it, and I don't - or rather no longer - feel guilty about it. I admit though that it's not easy to overcome prejudices and indoctrination that have been imbibed right from the cradle. But there comes a time when one must take the initiative to stop being a believer in anything merely out of habit, and at that point, conviction becomes a guiding principle in determining what we accept as Truth.

Answer 6

the trinity is one of the most convoluted examples of twisted logic there is. educate yourself on the history of the bible. meaning how it was written and by who.
no one in the bible knew jesus personally, the gospels weren't written until anywhere from 40 - 60 years after jesus death.
there is all kinds of information about the bible that your pastor will never talk about cause they would fear that people would leave the church in droves.

the Trinity
is not found in the New Testament texts. It is the result of later development, e.g. the Athanasian Creed

It is the result of harminization, the attempt to put a polytheistic belief structure into monotheistic trappings. You end up with a bunch of illogical, self-contradictory statements, but you will go to hell if you don't believe it.

Answer 7

Many Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations.

One God
God is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons.

So, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23.

God exists in three persons

The "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence two wills), and is really and fully both true God and true human.


The singleness of God's being and the multiplicity of the Divine Persons together account for the nature of Christian salvation, and disclose the gift of eternal life. "Through the Son we have access to the Father in one Spirit" (Ephesians 2:18). Communion with the Father is the goal of the Christian faith and is eternal life. It is given to humans through the Divine union with humanity in Jesus Christ who, although fully God, died for sinners "in the flesh" to accomplish their redemption, and this forgiveness, restoration, and friendship with God is made accessible through the gift to the Church of the Holy Spirit, who, being God, knows the Divine Essence intimately and leads and empowers the Christian to fulfill the will of God. Thus, this doctrine touches on every aspect of the trinitarian Christian's faith and life; and this explains why it has been so earnestly contended for, throughout Christian history.

Answer 8

Luckily, salvation does not require that you believe in the Trinity. But you do need to believe that jesus was the Son of God and that he was God. Even more importantly, her died for your sins. With that, I can certainly say I will see you in heaven sista!

Answer 9

If you deny the trinity then you deny Jesus is God therefore changing the Gospel and your very religion to something else. So you can do that if you want but it becomes another religion.

Answer 10

Your Eternal Salvation does not depend on your understanding all of the Theology discussed in Scripture. You are only to have faith in the Finished Work of Jesus, that He was sinless, The Only Begotten Son Of God, raised from the dead & ascended to the Father & has paid the sin debt of all mankind. Faith in Him Alone Saves your soul, growing in grace & knowledge of God's Word comes in time. The Church in 1st Cor was sure mixed up on some doctrines, but they were still saved. No one gets it all in this life anyway, rest in His Finished Work & let the Spirit Guide you to all Truth. God Bless, Pastor "B".