The concept of trinity is only word-play to me.
And hey, I'm Christian :)
Peace
2007-10-07 14:30:16
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answered by Green is my Favorite Color 4
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Some individual texts that refer to the holy spirit (“Holy Ghost,” KJ) might seem to indicate personality. For example, the holy spirit is referred to as a helper (Greek, pa·ra′kle·tos; “Comforter,” KJ; “Advocate,” JB, NE) that ‘teaches,’ ‘bears witness,’ ‘speaks’ and ‘hears.’ (John 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:13) But other texts say that people were “filled” with holy spirit, that some were ‘baptized’ with it or “anointed” with it. (Luke 1:41; Matt. 3:11; Acts 10:38) These latter references to holy spirit definitely do not fit a person. To understand what the Bible as a whole teaches, all these texts must be considered. What is the reasonable conclusion? That the first texts cited here employ a figure of speech personifying God’s holy spirit, his active force, as the Bible also personifies wisdom, sin, death, water, and blood. (See also pages 380, 381, under the heading “Spirit.”)
The Holy Scriptures tell us the personal name of the Father—Jehovah. They inform us that the Son is Jesus Christ. But nowhere in the Scriptures is a personal name applied to the holy spirit.
Acts 7:55, 56 reports that Stephen was given a vision of heaven in which he saw “Jesus standing at God’s right hand.” But he made no mention of seeing the holy spirit. (See also Revelation 7:10; 22:1, 3.)
The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The majority of N[ew] T[estament] texts reveal God’s spirit as something, not someone; this is especially seen in the parallelism between the spirit and the power of God.” (1967, Vol. XIII, p. 575) It also reports: “The Apologists [Greek Christian writers of the second century] spoke too haltingly of the Spirit; with a measure of anticipation, one might say too impersonally.”—Vol. XIV, p. 296.
2007-10-07 14:32:04
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answered by ? 2
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Jesus the Son, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost. The Holly part comes at Christmas.They are called Christians because they heve been Christianised.Why don't you read the bible?
2007-10-07 14:32:21
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answered by Anonymous
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God revealed himself through the ages: as the Father who created everything, the Son who gave himself to help us, and the Spirit who guides us. Obviously this doesn't mean that there are three Gods. That is what we as Christians believe.
We are called Christians because we are followers of Jesus Christ.
2007-10-07 14:30:39
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answered by Amelie 6
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Yes, the bible teaches us that all three are God and that all three are also united as one. Jesus himself speaks of this in John 17 in his prayer to His Father, God... Some Christian groups do not believe in this. We refer to this teaching as the 'trinity' or three in one. Some Muslims think we believe in three gods....but we do not we believe in One God with three entities. It is a mystery for the finite mind to grasp.
Christians are called Christians because that's what they were first called in the early church in Acts in Antioch. It is because they were the followers of the "Christ" which means the 'anointed one' or 'messiah' While the Muslim world looks for the mahdi to come... Christians look for the Messiah to return. Many muslims are discovering that the mahdi was not the 4 year old boy who fell into a well that is coming back, but Jesus Christ. Mohammed and his followers did not understand this. Today, many muslims are turning to Christ as they make this discovery and read the New Testament and discover the truth for themselves. You can read the Bible on line at www.biblegateway.com and learn more about Christ and Christianity by reading the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. If you have never read this..check it out. You seem to want to learn more.
2007-10-07 14:38:39
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answered by rejoiceinthelord 5
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Jesus is God:
Isaiah 9:6
God the Father is God:
John 10
The Holy Spirit is God:
Acts 1-2
2007-10-07 14:38:16
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answered by robert p 7
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There are 3, God the father,Jesus the Son,and the Holy
Spirit,they are 3 but all agree with each other as in 1.
a Christian is someone who is born again and follow,s
Jesus Christ in his teaching,s.
2007-10-07 14:30:10
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answered by elaine 30705 7
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Jesus is a god father is a god spirit is of god if you are a child of the creator and you believe in Christ each breath you take then you to are a god
into each breath you take you are taking in the creator at judgment how can you lie what you did when the breath in you knows what you have done .maybe to deep for you but when you were born the breath given you mystically from the creator you become a living soul -when you die the flesh will die the spirit lives on
the father and i are one
Jesus and i are one the breath of the creator is in me I'm his child making me his heritage so i to am a GOD so are you
2007-10-07 14:39:05
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answered by Anonymous
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God the Father Jesus the son who is given authority as God and the Holy spirit which is Gods spirit sent out to those who believe and accept.Who can tell us who Melchizedek is?
2007-10-07 14:34:25
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answered by Anonymous
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I repeat.
God the Father = I am a father to my kids
God the Son = I was son to my parents
God the Holy Spirit = I am a husband to my wife
I am 3 persons in 1 performing different functions in life. The same is true with God.
The One Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ.
2007-10-07 14:50:09
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answer #10
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answered by Uncle Remus 54 7
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First, "Christianity" refers to several different religions, not a single, unified group. So there are (literally) hundreds of different opinions on this very question. But, from a traditional standpoint, yes, you are correct. Your statement would not be acceptable to a theologian, however, because it does not clarify the relationship between the three.
The term "Christian" was applied to the followers of Jesus in Antioch in the 1st century. It was originally a derogatory term, and meant "little christs."
2007-10-07 14:29:34
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answered by NONAME 7
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