RE: The trinity
June 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2012 at 5:21 pm by Drich.)
(June 5, 2012 at 4:45 pm)Thor Wrote: I fail to see where you're going with this....
How many goverment/s have control over the United States?
The answer is one.
Is the Legislative branch considered to be a form of goverment? Yes. Is it a goverment unto itself? no, it is only apart of a greater whole, even though you can accuratly Call any part of the three branches 'goverment' Goverment, it does not mean any single branch embodies the entire system that the united states Goverment comperises of. Meaning there are not three goverments that control the united states. there is only one, Why? Because the word Goverment is not a specific branch name it is a description or title of what all three branches repersent.
The same is true with God.
No one deity is God in of Himself. Yet all three are apart of the God Head. Even though it is ok/correct to refer to them as God indivisually because they in fact are all apart of what makes up YHWH or God. How can this be so because YHWH is not an indivisual deity's name, it is a collective title they share.
If you are still having trouble with the illustrations provided the simply chew on this.
The word God or "YHWH" in the Hebrew is a title and not an indivisual deity's name. I left three links to common english dictionaries if you are haveing trouble reconsiling the word deity on page 13. Putting it all together; if God is a title and not a name then any number [which happens to be three in Christianity] of deity can share the title of God.
(June 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm)Thor Wrote:(June 5, 2012 at 4:59 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: How about clicking on any of the link you provided as to the definition of a deity. Did you even read them?
Deity = a god
3 deities = 3 gods
three = multiple
multiple = poly
3 deities = polytheism
You lose.
And STILL waiting for you to answer the other problem, how the Synoptics depict a Jesus subordinate to his father-god.
Not holding my breath...
But don't you see..... they're three beings that share the same title! So even though there are three of them, there is only one deity!
Again page 13 and the defination of Deity.
Deity in all cases is not synomous with the title God.
This is something popular christianity has done apart from what is described in the bible.
3 deities. all share the one title of God.
(June 5, 2012 at 4:59 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(June 5, 2012 at 4:51 pm)Drich Wrote: Maybe you should take the time to read any one or all three defination I left for one of the other posters on this page, before you dig yourself any deeper.
Understand the word "deity" is not limited by the way you have chosen to use it.
Again I have shown my work if you wish to contest what I have said show me yours.
How about clicking on any of the link you provided as to the definition of a deity. Did you even read them?
Deity = a god
3 deities = 3 gods
three = multiple
multiple = poly
3 deities = polytheism
You lose.
And STILL waiting for you to answer the other problem, how the Synoptics depict a Jesus subordinate to his father-god.
Not holding my breath...
Seriously?
Deity does not always mean God.
merriam-webster: 1, a: the rank or essential nature of a god : divinity
This defination shows The word deity is not always synomous with the personage of a single being, nor does it always have to describe one singular being. Deity as it is being used in this thread describes the Rank or essential nature of a being. Then once you understand that deity is not the same as saying a God. the three deity or three beings with the essentual nature of God [identified as the trinity] can be established, I simply pair that understanding with the term the bible uses to describe the union these three deity are known under. "God."
That inturn makes the word God a title and not a name.
