(May 16, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Trinity - Basics
Understanding the inner life of an infinite, triune God is beyond us, and what we do know is only because of He has chosen to reveal it to us.
An infinite God has chosen to reveal itself through a book that's unreliable at best and susceptible to mistranslations and misinterpretations. Doesn't look like the best plan for a god...
(May 16, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: There is only one God.
Within that one God are three persons.
They are not three Gods.
How is that possible? Well, consider that a dog is a being but not a person. A man is a being and one person. God is a being and three persons. From this you can see that while we usually think one being = one person, in fact, the number of persons "in" a being can vary depending on the nature of that being.
What is a 'person'? How do you define personhood? Do you have *actual* examples of multiple persons "in" a single being? In absence of those, how can you say that personhood is not linked to the physicality of a living being?
(May 16, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: [color=black][size=small]The shield design is cool and all, but I'd go for a much simpler and less-mental-acrobatics-demanding "God is not", thank you.
Two graphics that might help:
![[Image: 250px-Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fb%2Fb3%2FShield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg%2F250px-Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg.png)
(May 16, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:This one would kinda make sense, if only personhood could be compared to a shadow.
![[Image: geb2[1]___03b612c2fa1e4a5183b656b851dcbce0(301x349).gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=s3.amazonaws.com%2Fwebjam-upload%2Fgeb2%5B1%5D___03b612c2fa1e4a5183b656b851dcbce0%28301x349%29.gif)
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
