The holy trinity... God is the father, the son & the holy ghost (spirit)
The last time I asked about this I was told that "God is like my tri-fold wallet... get it now?" That was the master explination I got...
So does that mean that god is comprised of 3 individual elements?
is god a Constructicon?
2007-03-29 17:14:14 · 27 answers · asked by caladbolg_80 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh yeah... I apologize to everyone who truly thinks I believe god is a transformer.
pardon me for wording my question in a humorous way.
And to you mr smartypants... if you're so smart explain to me the wallet analogy and make it make sense.
2007-03-29 17:25:39 · update #1
The best analogy I have come up with is....think of water, you have a bowl of water, you can freeze it and make it solid, you can heat it until it becomes gas, but bottom line is whether the water is liquid, solid, or gas it is still the same bowl of water.So God,Jesus and the Holy spirit are different forms of the same entity, and since God has the ability to be everywhere without limits on his being, each form is active at the same time. The different forms mostly have to with how he interacts with us and what are needs are at each given moment. Hope that makes more sense than the wallet answer.
2007-03-29 17:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, I will answer with what I believe, because I think you are really looking for an answer and not trying to poke fun.
This is my understanding of the Trinity. God is all powerful. He has manifested himself in different ways at different times. God the Father is easy - He is the God of Abraham who created the universe. Jesus is the son of God, but really is the physical manifestation of the spiritual father, so that He is God and the son of God at the same time (a bit hard to explain). And the Holy Spirit or Ghost is how God inspires people and is present when you pray and you know you can feel and sense Him there. It's almost like there are 3 different Gods in one. They are three, but they are all the same God, just manifested in different ways.
2007-03-29 17:26:19 · answer #2 · answered by south philly ghirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay. Churches began seeing God in three different roles or figures. God the Father - the one who made us, protects us, is a guardian figure (for the more liberal among us, it is God the Guardian, as God can take on both a motherly and fatherly role). Then there's God the son - Jesus christ is God on earth in human form. Finally there's God the Holy Spirit - the omnipresent, all knowing Spirit that resides in everything, in every from. (These are all present in the Bible, God the Father is mostly represented in the Old Testament, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are most prominent in the New Testament).
The church leaders were very conflicted by this. How can there be three forms of a God when we are a monotheistic (one god) religion? So, they created the HOLY TRINITY. It is a way to represent and combine these three, very different, forms of God into one single being.
2007-03-29 17:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The wallet was a bad analogy...
God has 3 different roles. The Holy Spirit convicts us, dwells in us. God the father is the guiding father. Jesus is God in the flesh.
2007-03-29 17:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by Bl3ss3dw1thL1f3 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
there is none. The Bible needless to say teaches that Jesus is the Son of God,no longer God. a million John 5:5. many non secular human beings will attempt to curve the scriptures of the Bible to objective to intend that Jesus is God. whether it purely won't artwork. there is honestly no help in the Bible for the Trinity coaching or the different coaching that teaches that Jesus is God.
2016-10-01 22:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, more like the hindu god vishnu who takes the different forms of the six armed woman or the elephant faced guy, both are transformations of the same guy. But judeo christian god doesn't morph into something else, he's above and beyond our physical understanding outside time and space, he is infinite as the story goes existing at all time simultaneously with no physical form 'he' or it is the bright white light we cannot see.
2007-03-29 17:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha, that is a good one! I do not understand that and neither do they! When you ask about god (like they know something we ask stupidly) what is god? They will come back at you with words like well god or lord or the father or jesus are all one, you use the word you like when you talk. Trinity, holy ghost, and whatever! It is worse and more complicating than all 9 episodes of star wars for crying out loud! It is a fun story though, just wish they would not take it so seriously no?
2007-03-29 17:19:47 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Trinity doctrine is a sacred mystery which eternally defines the fact that God is God, and we're not, and he is simply beyond our ability to fully comprehend.
Comprehend what you can about Jesus and his divine humanity, and be happy.
2007-03-29 19:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I must confess, I had a problem understanding this for a while. God is three elements. it was explained to me in two ways. #1. Water, Ice, & Steam, they are three, yet they are all three H20.
#2 you build three bound fires, and the smoke rises up from each one and murge together as they rise, forming one column of smoke. That is a crude way of looking at it. but you have to understand, we have crude minds.
2007-03-29 17:40:47 · answer #9 · answered by Auburn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Represents within all life:
the spirit (that which animates the body)
the physical (the body)
the mental life (that which gives purpose)
"Trinity" is a word that endeavours to encompass all three forces.
By acknowledging these attributes within ourselves, we acknowledge them also, within God, after Whom we are modelled.
2007-03-29 17:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋