Yeah, I'm done. I ask you specific questions to define the characteristics of what you're talking about because the metaphors are useless without them. The idiom "Time is money" is defined by what we know about those two things; it assigns value to time based on the implications of "money" and the way the acquisition of it works. Saying the Trinity is like the corners of a triangle doesn't inform me of anything about the characteristics of the beings and parts involved. No being is just a shape and no trio of people works the way you've defined a triangle as working, i.e. "They are perceptually distinct and yet indivisible from each other." So there needs to be MORE information about the parts. Is God only a metaphor?
I'm cool with that being the answer. And I'm okay with there being things that you don't know. After all, I'm not the one who needs faith for this stuff. But I asked for someone to make sense of it for me, came to the conclusion that it doesn't, and you come in with a "well actually" that doesn't clear anything up.
I'm officially stepping away now. You guys can continue if you like, just do not expect further comment from me on this topic. I'm satisfied with the length and depth of discussion I've seen.
I'm cool with that being the answer. And I'm okay with there being things that you don't know. After all, I'm not the one who needs faith for this stuff. But I asked for someone to make sense of it for me, came to the conclusion that it doesn't, and you come in with a "well actually" that doesn't clear anything up.
I'm officially stepping away now. You guys can continue if you like, just do not expect further comment from me on this topic. I'm satisfied with the length and depth of discussion I've seen.
