"The Trinity . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century." -- The Illustrated Bible Dictionary
"The three-in-one/one-in-three mystery of Father, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism official. The subsequent almost-deification of the Virgin Mary made it quatrotheism . . . Finally, cart-loads of saints raised to quarter-deification turned Christianity into plain old-fashioned polytheism.
By the time of the Crusades, it was the most polytheistic religion to ever have existed, with the possible exception of Hinduism. This untenable contradiction between the assertion of monotheism and the reality of polytheism was dealt with by accusing other religions of the Christian fault. The Church - Catholic and later Protestant - turned aggressively on the two most clearly monotheistic religions in view - Judaism and Islam - and persecuted them as heathen or pagan.
The external history of Christianity consists largely of accusations that other religions rely on the worship of more than one god and therefore not the true God. These pagans must therefore be converted, conquered and/or killed for their own good in order that they benefit from the singularity of the Holy Trinity, plus appendages." -- The Doubter's Companion (John Ralston Saul)
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2007-07-19 13:59:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How can either worship the trinity when they don't believe Jesus is God.
2007-07-19 14:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trinity is different faces of the Same God: creating, mantaining, destroying. This is the same concept that you will find in Hinduism (Brahma, Visnu, Shiva). Nowadays religions turned to be very materialistic: the original meaning of those 3 faces have nothing to do with politheism or so on. Deepak Chopra explains better the deep meaning of the Trinity: it is like for our thoughts ... "they appear on our mind, they live in our mind for a while, then they disappear". It is a process: the process which God (ONE) uses to "ex-press" Its Creation (i.e.: we born, live and die ...). Inner Light.
2007-07-20 02:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by Franca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got a point , the native americans were completely satisfied with their belief that there was a circle to life and that god didn't want them to waist life and that they should be one with nature , Indeed , how dare these barbarians treet animals like they're equals,they realy need to lern , lets get in there and teach the children ,,don't let them go threw life believing that god loves all life equally, heaven forbid,,,
2007-07-20 22:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by darkcloud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got to admit, the trinity never made sense to me. Either you are monotheistic, or you're not. I mean, people pray to saints and angels too. How is that any differant than an ancient greek praying to Hermes or Hercules instead of Zues directly?
2007-07-19 21:08:19 · answer #4 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Real Bible believing Christian have attacked neither Judism nor Muslims.
Your question is rude and based on false information.
None of your sources are even Christian sources.
Pastor Art
2007-07-19 21:45:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Crusades were fought over Jerusalem, not how monotheistic a religion was.
2007-07-19 21:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by Skunk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians see anyone not of their religion as a threat. As a group, generally not as the individual.
2007-07-19 21:04:40 · answer #7 · answered by meissen97 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Historical mistakes in theology is no excuse,right !!!
It is only excusable when we make the the mistakes, but nobodyelse gets off the hook !!! http://www.allaboutgod.com/god.htm
2007-07-19 21:09:38 · answer #8 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably
2007-07-22 20:02:59 · answer #9 · answered by ST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
And this is the first time I agree with you:)
lol
2007-07-19 23:07:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋