for trinitarians...?

Question

why does your god need to be three beings?

if he doesnt then why is he three beings? what purpose does this serve if not to confuse us?

Answer 1

Speaking fundamentally, no one can understand the trinity, it's like trying to figure out what is meant when the mentally challenged kid from South Park yells "Timmy!" We know he's happy to yell it, but we also know that it doesn't make sense... it's a theory best understood by those that don't need proof anything in order to declare it the truth of all things. They don't understand it either, nor can they explain it adequately, they just know it makes them happy to declare it.

Answer 2

The Trinity can be a difficult concept to understand. Some think it is a logical contradiction. Others call it a mystery. Does the Bible teach it? Yes it does, see trinity, but that doesn't automatically make it easier to comprehend.
The Trinity is defined as one God who exists in three eternal, simultaneous, and distinct persons known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Such a definition may suffice for some, but for others this explanation is insufficient.
Therefore, to help understand the Trinity better, I offer the following analogy that, I think, is hinted at in Rom. 1:20: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made."
Notice that this verse says God's attributes, power, and nature, can be clearly seen in creation. What does that mean? Should we be able to learn about God's attributes, power, and nature by looking at what He has made? Apparently, according to the Bible, this is possible.
When a painter paints a picture, what is in him is reflected in the painting he produces. When a sculptor creates a work of art, it is from his heart and mind that the source of the sculpture is born. The work is shaped by his creative ability. The creators of art leave their marks, something that is their own, something that reflects what they are. Is this the same with God? Has God left His fingerprints on creation? Of course He has.

Answer 3

Another interesting thing, were does Revelation 3:12 leave those who want to teach that God is ONLY 3 people????

After Jesus returned to heaven, he got a "new" personality a 4th name.....so isn't he really a quadrinity since his return to heaven in 33 AD?

And why don't they know about this since supposedly they have the truth and God revealed himself and his multiple personalities to their religions????

Totally moots trinity and the Athanasian Creed written 5th and 6th century, about 400 years after Jesus got his "4th" name and all. LOL He would have had 4 before Christendom ever made up that he only had 3....maybe since it doesn't tell the name of the 4th one but says you have to wait to go to heaven.

Actually, God often renames his servants. All those who go to heaven must get renamed. Rev. 2:17 Has nothing to do with being 2, 3, 4 or any extra number of people in 1.

Debbie

Answer 4

The one true infinite God became manifest as three in this finite and relative world. The perception problem is not God's but ours. God is everywhere, an omnipresent Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the unseen power that moves throughout this finite universe. Jesus had a physical body in which the Word of God or the Holy Spirit was most manifest compared to other human beings. If we were ants, God will manifest in the body of an ant to communicate with us. Try communicating with ants and see the problem.

Answer 5

In my mind, there's God, the alpha and omega, creator of the universe, and supreme being.

There's Jesus, who was God's physical manifestation on Earth.

There's the Holy Spirit (Ghost), which is a bit of God's power given to ordinary men (and women) to enable them to do God's work here on Earth between the time Jesus ascended into Heaven and the time when He will return to Earth.

All three are God, but serve different purposes.

Answer 6

God has revealed this to us about Himself in His word.

Honestly......I don't know.

I just believe it by faith. There are some things that must be left up to mystery when it comes to the nature of God.



1 John 5:6-8
“This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”

Answer 7

Do not look upon God as only limited to 4 dimensions. A tree is more than its trunk and branches, there are roots where you can not see that plunge beneath the surface of our reality. If we limit God to what we see or understand, we will miss the depth of who He is. Yes, Jesus was here on earth in the form of man, but beneath the surface of our present reality is the glory of God Himself.

Answer 8

Jesus is God in human form. The holy spirit is God's love between God and his human form.

Answer 9

The trinity is a pagan, God-dishonouring and confusing teaching.

Not found in the Bible.

Jehovah is God.
Jesus is his Son.
The holy spirit is God's power.

Simple and straightforward.

Answer 10

Why do people point out five fingers when it is really one hand? These arguments over Christian mythology are really beside the point of the fiction that is their God.