What is the functional difference between God and The Holy Ghost?

Question

Seriously? I just want to know what one might ask God to do instead of The Holy Ghost. I'm not really interested in scripture and won't read answers that refer me to the bible, I just want the simple executive summary of the FUNCTIONAL difference between the two. Would I go to one for forgiveness and the other for revenge? One for a cure for to this cold I have and the other for a cure to all colds? Without a concrete definition it really does sound like twin gods (in fact, even with a definition it sounds like twins).

And please do try to avoid answers like "one does this and the other DOESN'T" because I'll almost guarantee I don't do it either and that doesn't make me divine.

Oh yes, I'm well aware they are both products of peoples' imaginations, that doesn't mean they don't have definitions.

mturnmm, chuba, righton - no offense, but I really want your answer. If it's not in your heart, it's not meaningful. I guess that's part of the functional thing. If you never think of them separately then there is no difference. No book can explain what got transferred into your life and your actions with respect to those two entities. Only you can do that.

For example: if the garbage dispose-all burns up in my house I could call an electrician, not a plumber (refer to one god, not the other) or I could just go buy a new dispose-all and forget about it (not refer to god) OR I could just call the landlord (one god) and let him send a plumber or electrician as he sees fit. Does that make sense?

Answer 1

God is our Father in Heaven and the Holy Ghost is his spiritual messenger.

Answer 2

Basically God the Father is the creator of everything and therefore sets all the rules. God The Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost) is there to act as an intermediary between men and God. He helps men to understand and to communicate with God the Father. Further, of course, God the Son is the Savior.

There are similarities with the worship practiced by the ancient Egyptians. It is also similar to the Hindu religion.
Probably the most striking similarity is with the Gods worshiped by the Druids, they had a creator, a God responsible for the continuation of everything and they predicted the arrival of a Savior. The Holy Trinity almost certainly has it's origins in Pagan worship but is regarded as a single God because that is what Constantine wanted as the outcome of the First Council of Nicea.

Answer 3

There are three members of the GodHead. If you have read the Bible, you may recall Jesus' baptizm in the River Jordan. The Heavens opened and the Holy Ghost decended "as gently as a dove". and Father in Heaven said "this is My Beloved Son, in whom i am well pleased." you know that story, right?
so now think--- how could they all be the same people? There's Father in Heaven, the Holy Ghost decending, and Jesus in the water. they're all different personages.
We are to pray to Father in the name of Jesus. you may notice that after you pray this way you feel warm and happy inside. that's the Holy Ghost. What is their functional difference? Father uses the Holy Ghost to communiate with us. that's how he does it. Spirit to spirit. Kay Lynn Mangum said in one of her books, "The Spirit (The Holy Ghost) is one of the ways God --- our Heavenly Father --- uses to communicate with us. By the power and witness of the Spirit, we feel when something is true in our hearts, and then we can understand it in our minds. Feeling is a much more powerful, pure way of reaching a person's soul than words could ever be."
i know you don't want to be refered back to the Bible, but i don't know how else to say that in the bible it says that the three members of the GodHead are one. so therefore people think that they are the same people. they mean being one in DUTY and GOALS and PURPOSE. so they work together. i don't know what you were thinking when you said you'd go to one for revenge and the other for forgiveness. They love you and want you to be happy. they won't hurt you. and God can do anything, even cure all colds.

Answer 4

The Holy Spirit is the "metaphysical" representation of God. Jesus came to us as God in human form, the Holy Spirit is God in spirit form. All works such as miracles, healing and such are done BY God THROUGH the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is like a doorway between man and God.

Answer 5

You pray to the Father in heaven, in the name of His Son, because Jesus is the one who paid the price and then the Holy Spirits ministry is hear on the earth as a helper comforter, counselor. The Father makes sure things get done

Answer 6

God is one, but in three persons, God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Spirit. They are one and work coexistence as
One, They cannot be separate

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Answer 7

There is no difference. Don't get a headache wondering which one to go to, just call on God. This is a question that has baffled the greatest of philosophers when God really is quite simple. That is why philosophers make it hard so they can feel important.

Answer 8

You should always go to God. God is all 3 together. We don't pray to Jesus, we pray to the Father through Jesus. The Word, Jesus, is the Father thinking Himself. The love between the Thinker and the Thought is the Holy Spirit. Sorry if too philosophical. But, you always pray to the Father; remember, Our Father who art in heaven...........

Answer 9

Look when you take scripture out of this question then it is impossible to answer. Because that is where the answer is. It sounds like you don't believe in either and are just looking for an argument. God is who you pray to......The Holy Spirit or Ghost is that little voice in your head that tells you if you are following God's Plan for your life or not. There I answered it without using scripture.

Answer 10

Let F1() define the functional nature of God, and
let F2() define the functional nature of The Holy Ghost.

Then, | F1() - F2() | will define the absolute value of the functional difference between the two.

Uh, as long as the "-" operation is functionally defined.