2007-01-03 15:38:15 · 24 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most people who call themselves Christians believe it is. Some groups, like the Mormons, believe that there are three separate beings.
Personally, I think it is likely that the two thirds of the trinity is nonexistent and the other third has been dead for two thousand years.
2007-01-03 15:40:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes, but the concept of the trinity is wrong. Heavenly Father is God. Jesus Christ is His son and our Savior. The Holy Ghost serves to testify of both. Being one in purpose is very different than being one person who can present in 3 separate forms. The scriptures speak of being as one in purpose. Establishing the Trinity concept helped form the Catholic Church and end the worship of other gods. If you study the history of the Nicene Creed, you will find it was a very political movement and not the original teachings of Christ. If you read the story of his baptism, it is very evident there are 3 distinct beings united in purpose for our salvation.
2007-01-04 00:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a triune being, meaning he has three parts. One does not simply worship one part or another. the Father, Son, and Spirit are different (and equal) sides of the same being. As someone else described, it is like a triangle, take one of the edges away and it collapses. Monotheism is worship of a single entity. The Trinity is three parts of One being. thus, worship of the Trinity is Monotheistic.
2007-01-03 23:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is one God that has revealed himself through three seperate and distinct persons called the Godhead or the Trinity. The Father is God, The Son is God, and The Holy Spirit is God. The Father is God in Creation, The Son is God in Redemption, and the Spirit is God in Revelation. God is ONE....There is no other God.
Jesus is not a God as the Jehovah's Witnesses believe...The Spirit of God is not a God all by himself and the Father is not his own God either. The are all one in the same yet seperate persons in the revelation of God...
Don't bring math into this.
1+1+1 may equal three, but 1x1x1=1 and 1/1/1=1
We must not boil God down to finite human understanding. God is too great for that.
and don't use the H2O theory either.
In the Trinity of God, The Father , The Son, and the Holy Spirit do not and cannot change one into the other. They are seperate and distinct in themselves. Where in the H2O theory they water can turn into vapor or ice depending upon temperature. This is not the same as the Trinity of God and therefore should not be used in trying to explain the Trinity away.
Matt
2007-01-03 23:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on who you ask. When the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be seen to be three separate beings, physically distinct and different in appearance, one might conclude that they are completely separate.
Christian teaching declares the trinity to be three who's, but one "what". Three beings, but one God.
Strangely, modern Physics is actually showing that a single object can be in two places at the same time. The fact that this can happen sort of makes the idea of separate "seeming" objects being actualy the same thing. For those that think this completely fiction, do a search for "Bose-Einstein condensates".
Now, whether this could explain God, I kind of doubt as this form of matter is quite unique and wouldn't exist outside of a laboratory. Still, it sort of states that what we think to be absolutes may not actually be so.
2007-01-03 23:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but the concept is a little beyond most of the brain-damaged folks here. Look at it this way. In Greek, 'Persona' means 'mask'. An actor in a Greek theatre can have several roles, distinguished by use of several masks. So one Actor can play Father, Son, and Spirit. Notice that Jesus said He had to go before the Spirit could come. Now think about it. Why would that be so?
2007-01-03 23:44:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the Trinity is actually 3 separate and distinct beings
The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.
All three exist separately but they are all in one in mindset and goal and purpose and thier purpose is to bring to pass the immortally and eternal life of man/woman.
In essence, they want us to become as they are like Heavenly Father one in mind/purpose as Jesus and the Holy Ghost are.
2007-01-03 23:50:01 · answer #7 · answered by gordowlk61 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's essentially the concept of one being in three forms.
Like water, the trinity is said to be one object.
Think of it this way,
h2o the name of the trinity
water, the Father
ice, the Son
steam, the Holy Spirit
All three forms are still water but in the end steam can become water, water can become ice and ice can melt back into water and create steam. Does that make sense????
Hope that helps.
2007-01-03 23:42:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all the same god. The Creator, God in Flesh, and God in Omnipresent Spirit.
This of course is inexplainable coming from man. God's ways are not ours.
2007-01-03 23:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Jon M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How could it be?
Unless you believe 3-in-1 and 1-in-3 is algebraically the same .
2007-01-03 23:45:02 · answer #10 · answered by Ottawan-Canada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋