Why is it that some Christians (I need to stress some Christians) think is foolish to be polytheistic , but put faith in a Trinity god (the father, the son and the holy spirit (in its original translation god was masculine, the son was neutral and the hold spirit was effeminate))?
2007-02-03 18:32:43 · 8 answers · asked by Mo L 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God the Father:
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. …God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
God the Son:
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. …He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.
God the Holy Spirit:
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. …He exalts Christ. He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. …He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
2007-02-03 18:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The triune God is something that many theologists and laymen use to grasp a better understanding of God. A Christian is the Church. God the Father, yes, is masculine, and God the Son is masculine, the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God the Father and Son (which means it is too masculine. The Femanin is the Church. The Son is the groom and the Church is His bride.
2007-02-03 18:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by thomas_knight7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Trinity is not descended from a more primitive form of polytheism. It was an attempt to account for the Christian metaphysical model, as well as the belief that Jesus was an incarnation of God. All of the ancient Mysteries were monotheistic, and Christianity was no exception.
That having been said, Christians should not have a problem with Polytheism. The Hellenistic view was that the One God was manifest in many forms, each form representing a specific set of divine attributes. I see no reason why Christians cannot accept that as a different (but valid) interpretation of polytheism.
2007-02-03 18:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there's always some Christians who will have their rigid criteria to describe God. I'm not one of them. Though I grew up believing in Jesus, I have expanded this belief to also appreciate the scope of beliefs as expressed by other religious doctrines. As far as I'm concerned, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are the same as Buddha, Yahweh, Allah and whatever other name for any God in this Universe. We are all worshipping the Source which happens to have many different names, all because of our wide variety of cultures and societies. He's basically one and the same. He, it or whatever, is the Source from which we and everything else has arisen. And it matters not what we choose to label it. It will be what IT is till the day each one of us passes from this earth. IT will remain. With or without us and all our little pointing fingers and our petty arguments of is IT this or is IT that? IT is what IT is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT defies description really! When is anyone going to realize this and stop killing one another in the name of whatever this is? May we all one day arrive at some form of enlightenment to finally understand we are all united, whether we are atheists, believers, or otherwise! When are we all, ever going to get it??? It's called the Family of Man!
2007-02-03 18:52:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that's what the bible teaches. As far as gender is concerned, God is spirit. God has no gender. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are anthropomorphisms: God using human language to describe the Godhead so we can somewhat understand God.
2007-02-03 18:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christians reject the trinity. There is no verse in the Bible that says God is composed of 3 co-equal, co-eternal persons AND that they make up one God.
2007-02-04 00:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can expect a lot of answers that compare water to hydrogen and oxygen and then say, "it's still water".
I prefer a mixed drink analysis. Except, of course, mixed drinks are real.
2007-02-03 18:39:25 · answer #7 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one in Christ is no longer Jew nor Gentile, male nor female, free or slave.
2007-02-03 18:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋