An Explanation of the Trinity?

[bennyboy]

Where the fuck are people with the brains to engage in actual philosophical discussion? Every day I come here, and this is the only thread, and it's retarded stuff like this. Is it an American holiday or something?

If you are so unsatisfied here then why stay, really.

GC

I have an interest in actual philosophy, and I hope one day to find some. But since you think I should leave, I now have reason to stay, and possibly to tear you a new one. Thanks for the inspiration.

But I don't want to address the philosophy of your obvious Sky Daddy fiction. I'd like to address the philosophy of mind. How is it that a person capable of constructing a sentence still isn't sensible enough to read obvious bullshit and see it for what it is?

The Trinity is a false alternative. It distracts from the obvious "Why do you believe in fairy tales?" and instead asks, "What do YOU think is the true nature of God? How do YOU explain his eternal love and the blessings he constantly bestows on us? How do you jerkity jerk derp derp?"

I think it's this: I think it's a respect for authority above common sense. The ghost of your pastor, or your dear departed Grammy, are part of your identity, and to direspect them is to undermine who you are. Too much of your personal sense of self is connected to the fairy tales, so that if you were to abandon them, you'd be left with an identity crisis. Instead of waiting until you die and rot to become nothing, you might find yourself there right now: standing in the rubble of a shattered world where Santa Claus doesn't exist.

Why is it that people end up like this? Here's my theory: people don't have the heart to tell the truth to children, and children believe everything, and carry those early beliefs into adulthood unless they're finally disillusioned by a confession of the truth. But the priests never confessed that they were making it all up, and so we've had 1000 generations of childlike adults rushing to bed before midnight to await the blessings of gifts that can only come from other human beings, or their own ingenuity, anyway.

And for the record, I wasn't even complaining about the Trinity discussion. I was talking about how over several days Tweedledum and Tweedledummer have been fussing about what KIND of Santa believer they are or should be. What the hell is philosophical about that?