2006-12-01 20:12:42 · 9 answers · asked by Asif S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
monotheism is the belief in 1 God or creator
the trinity is a Babylonian based teaching that is not even mentioned in the bible. It is a teaching based on 3 independent entities being one, God Jehovah, Jesus God's son and The Holy Spirit or God's active force all being equal and part of the same.
2006-12-01 20:16:57 · answer #1 · answered by Twilight_dreaming 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Monotheist is every religion believing in one single God; Christianity is the only monotheist religion believing that God, although one is made of three entities in his entireness: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The concept of the Holy Trinity was came up for the very first time at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.; when the first books of the Bible were compiled by Hebrews during their 50 years captivity in Babylon (386-325 BC) there was no such concept. It's a Christian 'invention' (don't take this term as a respectless one, I don't mean to offend anybody, it's just a way to say that the Holy Trinity was not existing at the beginning.)
2006-12-01 20:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by Love_my_Cornish_Knight❤️ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Monotheism primarily believes in the existence of one god. Monotheistic beliefs are almost identical to the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. In Advaita Vedanta theory the entity of God is one without an iota of doubt.
In the trinity concept of Christianity... the existence of an Almighty God the Holy Father, Jesus as the son of God and a holy spirit forms part of the trinity. The existence of three independent entities forms the core teachings of Bible.
In Hinduism... the concept of Advaita Vedanta is the foremost and most believed upon. Bhagavad Gita (the most sacred scripture of Hinduism), the doctrine put forward by Lord Krishna in the battlefield of Mahabharata also confirms the existence of one and only God.
Hinduism also believes that God Almighty has three free facets to life... the creative attribute of Almighty God known as Brahma, Bhagwan Vishnu the preserver and Lord Shiva as the maintainer. It is Lord Shiva who has control over life and death of the body. This aspect of God is never referred as trinity in Hinduism. More on monotheism and trinity here- http://www.godrealized.com/advaitavedanta.html
2006-12-02 02:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monotheism and The Trinity are one in the same according to the Most High God's truth!
It's really a simple concept if you are not mesmerized by false gods and false prophets trying to fool you with smoke and mirrors.
God's word demonstrates the dynamic of His being in this scripture!
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
2006-12-02 03:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There isn't a difference from the Christian standpoint, the trinity isn't three 'individuals'.
2006-12-01 20:17:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trinitarian is the polytheism who thinks that they are monotheism...
What's a pity...
2006-12-01 20:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islam monotheism is unambigiously absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word, as emphasized for example in surah Al-Ikhlas. Islam accepts as its fundamental tenet the oneness and uniqueness of God, the Arabic word for monotheism is Tawhīd which means 'being one', i.e. alone, only one in number.
The Shahadah (meaning testimony, declaration), or the Islamic creed, is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God (Allah in Arabic) and the prophethood of Muhammad. It goes as follows (Transliteration): "Ash-hadu an la-ilaha illa Allah, Wa Ashhadu Anna Muhammad Rasoolu Allah", Its translation: I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship (in truth) but God, and I testify that Muhammad is God's messenger. Its declaration and belief is considered the first of the Five Pillars of Islam by Muslims. To become a Muslim one just has to sincerely believe in the above statement inwardly and outwardly state this shahadah aloud in front of witnesses. The salaat (five daily prayers) in Islam, for example, involve explicit Abrahamic monotheistic testimony.
According to Islam the "oneness of God" is the primary teaching of all prophets and messengers of God (including Jesus and Moses) sent to humanity for guidance. Furthermore, Islam considers Christianity's Trinity polytheism and a distortion of Jesus's original message of oneness of God.
the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single Being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a perichoresis of three persons (hypostases, personae): Father (the Source, the Eternal Majesty); the Son (the eternal Logos or Word, incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth); and the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete or advocate). Since the 4th Century, in both Eastern and Western Christianity, this doctrine has been stated as "One God in Three Persons," all three of whom, as distinct and co-eternal "persons" or "hypostases," share a single Divine essence, being, or nature. Supporting the doctrine of the Trinity is known as Trinitarianism, and is opposed to the positions of Binitarianism (two deities/persons/aspects), Unitarianism (one deity/person/aspect), the Godhead (Mormonism) (three separate beings) and Modalism (Oneness) which are held by some Christian groups.
2006-12-01 20:17:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Asif,
If you have read the words of Jesus in the New Testament, I believe you would recognize him as a believer in the one true God.
Jim
2006-12-01 20:34:32 · answer #8 · answered by Calvin James Hammer 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh my hat! If you look at a coin, it's got two sides but it's still ONE coin!
2006-12-01 20:15:50 · answer #9 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋