John 10-28-30 (Two gods)
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one. (Jesus + god= 2 gods)
John 17:21-22-23 (Fourteen gods)
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one. (God + Jesus + 12 disciples=14 gods)
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
2007-04-08 19:55:36 · 29 answers · asked by Punter 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whom do Men say that I am?
Authentic Trinitarianism may be viewed as a delicate balancing act between modalism and tritheism.
Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints/Mormons (11.5 million)
* Christ is the product of a sexual relationship between the Father and a goddess. Satan is his brother.
Jehovah’s Witnesses (14.8 million)
* Jesus (also known as Michael the archangel) is a creation and the Holy Spirit is a force.
Muslims (1.3 billion)
* Christ was a great prophet.
Orthodox Christian Definition of the Trinity:
** One God who eternally exists in three different persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, all of whom are fully God, all of whom are equal.
God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are separate persons; yet, they are all the one God. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are co-eternal, co-equal, and co-powerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God. Furthermore, God is not one person, the Father, with Jesus as a creation and the Holy Spirit as a force (Jehovah's Witnesses). Neither is He one person who took three consecutive forms, i.e., the Father who became the Son who then became the Holy Spirit (United Pentecostal). Nor is the Trinity an office held by three separate Gods (Mormonism).
I suggest you start there to dig deeper into this topic using proper hermeneutics and looking at the entire bible messages. Here is where I recommend you begin your studies:
http://www.carm.org/doctrine/trinity.htm
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/robert_bowman/trinity.html
http://www.ldolphin.org/Names.html (see sections near bottom of this very long web page)
2007-04-08 20:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
(One GOD) The Holy Trinity is: God the Father, God The Son (In Human Form) and The Holy Spirit ( The Comforter) ...(ONE GOD). You need to put the Bible into Context and not pluck out individual verse and try to twist them to mean something they are not! Go to Church & Sunday School, get yourself a "Life In The Spirit " Study Bible and learn the Gospels True Meaning. The deciples are NOT Gods, just messengers of Gods Word! If you notice he keeps talking about "ONE". Your Math Sucks!
2007-04-08 20:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One God. Three Persons--the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
2007-04-08 20:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of the word TRINITY? God is three person in ONE God. Read John 1:1, 14 then you would understand
John 1:1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[a] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
I hope your pea brain would understand
wasabi
2007-04-08 20:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by Wasabi 737 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity has only one God. Jesus is the son of God or some people see him as God in human form. The disciples are not gods.
2007-04-08 19:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is the only god in Christianity.
Jesus is a verson of God in the form of a man sent to earth to die for our sins. He is the son of man, not God or a god. Jesus is our massiah. Jesus bridged the gap between man and God.
The disciples were simply witnesses of the Lord, missionaries, if you will.
The holy spirit is the sum of all Christianity that resides between you and God within your soul. it's comparable to love in a marriage.
2007-04-08 20:02:28 · answer #6 · answered by User Name 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't consider myself a Christian but that is due to my belief or misgivings about the bible. I believe there was a great holy man named Jesus and that while he may have been the son of God, I think of him as more of a legend. As far as I am concerned the bible was written by men and was translated to fit their idea of God's likeness (will).
In any case, I believe that Christians have only one "God" though they believe the son of God, Jesus, is just as holy and pray to Jesus for "saving" us. I have never heard my Christian friends praying to any of the disciples so in the way you are referring, they don't count. You are reading too much into the bible's text...keep in mind the translation of the ancient text...everthing was written by men and women then translated by the same so there are bound to be errors or data that appears to contradict itself.
2007-04-08 20:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Susan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok are you serious? taking the words of the bible out of context leads leads to people doing all sorts of things like killing people for god. that being said there is only one god in the christian faith. that god has three parts father son and holy spirit. the 12 disciples are merely humans who have been charged with spreading the word of god. nothing more. they were chosen by god himself but they are not nor have they ever been god. three parts one god that is the holy trinity of Christianity.
2007-04-08 20:24:03 · answer #8 · answered by big_john_719 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God !! The Eternal SUPREME ENTITY !! MONOTHESEISM means ONE God !!There is a Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost but HE still rules supreme !! If you are into Paganism(Wicca) The head of the coven is Female ! Wicca is NOT witchcraft in the dark sense ,it gravitates more to The Earth Mother(GODDESS) etc etc !1
2007-04-08 20:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by AZRAEL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only one God. I am sure I saw this question posted before. God the Father, Jesus and the Holy spirit are all one in Heaven. God s love and salvation all from one God.
2007-04-08 19:59:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋