Once you know the Trinity idea came from the Hindus, does it make more sense?

Question

The trinity idea was conceived long ago so Christianity would appeal more to Hindus. The Hindus have Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva that represent the same power (the Supreme Being), but in three different aspects.

Lord Brahma brings forth the creation and represents the creative principle of the Supreme Being. Lord Vishnu maintains the universe and represents the eternal principle of preservation. Lord Shiva represents the principle of dissolution and recreation. These three deities together form the Hindu Trinity.

Answer 1

Try Brahma as the Head, the One. The Head divides in compassion. Shiva (also Destroyer of worlds) does the dance of creation, Vishnu is the passion and being of mankind, Krishna the consciousness, Each have multiple avatars, the gods and goddesses that come to being with every part of creation. Although the Christian Trinity (AND IT IS FOUND IN SCRIPTURE, for those idiots who say otherwise, look at the baptism narratives and the formula for baptism at the end of Matthew's Gospel) might be comprehended in this, it is on the whole a concept vastly different. God is and remains One, the Son is of the Father eternally begotten, the Word that was at creation, incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ, crucified, died (descended into hell) and resurrected, in His Ascension taking our humanity into the Godhead, Judge of the living and the dead, the Holy Spirit is of the Father proceeding, brooding over creation at the beginning, the Giver of life, speaking through the prophets, living in the heart of every believer, fulfilling the promise of Christ, giving gifts and talents to mankind, working in every prayer, eternally one with the Father and the Son. Raymundo Panikkar, S.J. did some excellent work and writing on this, as did Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In the format of higher theology and philosophy with the deconstruction of myths we are able to come to a better grasp of the universality of God, and application of a wider selection of God's revelations to mankind.

[The Celts originated in central India, and the Vedas are naturally one of the sources of their mythology which developed and evolved separately in their westward migrations.]

Answer 2

The "trinity" was first formed by the ROMANS. They had a multitude (called by the Greeks a pantheon) of Gods. The Emporer Constantine had the responsibility of paying for the erection in each significant town of a plethora of temples. By combining all the Gods into one God, he could save money in the Roman treasury. The problem was that no one could find a single God with all the attributes of the others. So, to divise a financial solution, Constantine proposed that the Christian diety and the Jewish diety, and the Roman diety be combined into a single "three-in-one" diety. From that Christians get the "Apostles Creed" that created the concept now known as "the Trinity."
That the Hindus had three gods (they actually have seven) would merely be coincidental. The trinity was a Roman tax-saving edict.

Answer 3

This seems more like a coincidence than a likelihood.

Though there was some contact between Asia and the Middle East, I know of no actual spread of a Trinity from one culture to the other. Also, the idea of attempting to spread Christianity TO Hindus happened much later in Christian culture.

Answer 4

The idea of the trinity comes from the Bible, although it is not called "trinity" in the Bible. Instead you will find words such as "Godhead", and descriptions of the three parts of the Godhead. (Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20, Colossians 2:9)

Notice 1 John 5:7, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." ("Word" refers to Jesus - see John 1.)

Answer 5

I too agree that no rely the type you sum it up a million plus a million plus a million does no longer equivalent a million. The Bible needless to say seperates God from Jesus and the Holy Ghost isn't an entity yet a recent. Jesus reported to the human beings whilst He resurrected, "touch me no longer for I easily have not yet ascended unto my Father." Jesus grow to be no longer insane so He ought to no longer have been speaking approximately himself. Scripture says, you will recieve the Holy Spirit with the data of conversing in different tongues." that is a recent, no longer a guy or woman. There are 2 interior the God Head. God and Jesus, Jesus being the least of the two yet nonetheless a God.

Answer 6

You are so very confused. The reason Christians believe in the Trinity is because Jesus(the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world) was the Spirit of God made flesh in the womb of a real woman, thus establishing him as the true Son of God the Father. Hinduism is completely different in this respect. It's concept of a Trinity lies in the Bhagavata Purana, a work of the tenth century, with a "god" being born from between the eyes of another. This is a completely foreign concept to Christianity, and it is likely, based on the dating of the source material itself, that such Hinduistic trinitarian ideas are rather the product of Christianity. For example when Jesus was about to be born the angel told Joseph the reason why he was to be born, to save his people from their sins(Matthew 1:21). Yet in Hinduism the best reason you are given is because some "god" got angry, and magically forced out some kid from between his eyeballs, how ridiculous is that? And for what reason would anyone be compelled to believe it? Because someone got angry? I certainly don't accept that as applicable to reality, nor do I see any reason to accept it as true.

Answer 7

I do not know where this idea is coming from, but while the english word trinity is not found in the Scriptures, the truth of three coequal, coeternal Gods in one person is demonstratable from several parts of Scripture and was held by Christians long before the gospel coming to the Hindus.

Answer 8

Aham Bramhasmi
Parameshwari
Shakti Shivaya

Answer 9

The Hindu concept parallels the Judeo-Christian concept to some degree, but one cannot logically conclude that either is the product of the other. You state these items as fact, but I cannot determine where you got these ideas.

Answer 10

You actually think that the Trinity was invented so that Christianity would appeal to Hindus? Somebody get this girl a map and a history book!
Otherwise, yes, the Trinity is a very ancient doctrine that goes back to the religion of the neolithic Indo-Europeans. That shouldn't be surprising - Christianity is itself an Indo-European religion, and there are many similarities between Hinduism and Christianity as there are between the Greek language and Hindi.