does this picture define the trinity at all?

Question

(i got it from wikipedia, when i searched trinity)


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.png

for those that dont want to click the link it basically says that:

God is the Father
God is the Son
God is the Holy Spirit

the Father is not the Son
the Father is not the Holy Spirit
and the Son is not the Holy Spirit.

basically saying A = B, A = C, A = D
and that B != C != D

~.^

yes no maybe so? interpret as you will?

Answer 1

lol nice one

people today are dumb enough to belive in a statement that contradicts itself

Answer 2

You'll never find a formula to explain the trinity because it doesn't exist, so it can't compute. One person said 1x1x1=1. It looks good on paper, but doesn't mean anything. How do you multiply the Father by the Son and then by the Holy Spirit?

The very concept of a 3 in 1 trinity is based on division. 1 divided by 3 = .3333333, an imperfect number, if you add them up again, it comes to .9999999. It doesn't even equal a whole number. We know that God is referred to as the Supreme One, not the Supreme fraction.

Answer 3

Whether through a fancy image or not, the trinity is utterly nonsensical. I can make a picture that says a toaster is not a Boeing 747, but a cell phone is both a toaster and an Boeing 747....that still doesn't make sense.

The trinity (a word which never once appears in the bible, and the only reference to it being possible, 1 John 5:7-8, was added to the text centuries later) is simply the result of centuries of arguing amongst various Christian sects. Is Jesus God? Is is human? Is he both? Is he neither?

They finally through up there hands and said, "Ok, Jesus is ALL those things".

Heck, it was the fourth century.....95% of people couldn't read and fewer could reason. They figured it would work, and it did for another thousands years or so until people smartened up.

Answer 4

I incredibly have puzzled that myself. Trinitarians ague heatedly related to the reality of the Trinity. Why is it significant besides? Our eternal existence does not remember on doctrines which includes those. If it did there may be irrefutable data interior the scriptures related to the Trinity. there is not. Our eternal existence relies upon on our obedience and love for Jehovah. homicide, stealing, adultery, fornication, mendacity, homosexuality are all it seems that stated and it says people who practice those issues won't have eternal existence. The Bible does not say that related to the Trinity Doctrine. That doctrine isn't even pronounced interior the Bible.

Answer 5

here is what the wikipedia says about the trinity:

In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is one being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a mutual indwelling of three persons (not to be confused by "person"): the Father, the Son (incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth), and the Holy Spirit.

then it goes on in depth so I included the link to it.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity

Answer 6

Not quite, because if A = B and B = C, then A = C. Elementary math.

Some other illustrations are:

Time = Past, Present, Future. The past is not the future, the future is not the present, etc. Only one Time line.

Matter (using H2O) = solids (ice), liquids (water), and gasses (steam). If you stick one hand in a jar of ice, and the other hand in a jar of hot steam, you can be sure they won't feel the same, yet all three are H2O.

Space consists of length, width and height. The length of the box, while it might be equal to the width, is definitely NOT the width, nor is the height the same as the length.

Man = Body, Soul, Spirit. My soul is not my body, nor is my body the same as my spirit, but there's only one of me.

Keep up the good work.

Answer 7

The Trinity is a sneaky way of cramming polytheism into monotheism.

The actual number is some whole number ≤1 but >-1

Answer 8

I always liked the analogy of the Trinity to water in it's three forms: ice, liquid, steam. It's the same molecules, the same essence, it's all still water. And yet, liquid water is not the same thing as ice or steam. Each has properties which are unique, but they are all water. They can all exist in the same place (ice floating in liquid water as the water evaporates into steam), but they are all still independent things which can be separated.

Obviously, no human analogy will ever fully explain the Trinity. It's one of those grand questions we'll only understand when we get to heaven.

Answer 9

The Blessed Trinity consists of 3 unique persons but there is only one God.
This is one of God's mysteries, its not for open interpretations because we are not at a high enough level to understand. Understanding comes after we move on to the next ethereal plane.

Answer 10

That pretty much sums it up, they are all one and yet distinct. And yet one.

As a nontrinitarian, I think the whole thing is nonsense as there is no biblical justification for it, but was simply imposed by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. for entirely non-religious purposes (they wanted to convert pagans, long story).

Answer 11

Yeah, uh... NO. The Trinity is NOWHERE in the bible, not even described, so how can Christians, who base their lives on the bible, believe something like the trinity? Actually, it says Jesus is the SON of God, not God himself. I've known that since I first became a Christian, back when I was 4.