RE: Why not dismiss the trinitarian belief outright
June 4, 2021 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2021 at 8:54 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(June 4, 2021 at 8:50 pm)Klorophyll Wrote:(June 4, 2021 at 8:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I do dismiss it outright. However, the trinitarian justification that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three persons in one essence. They aren’t descriptions of aspects of God, but are all names for God.
Go figure.
Boru
I am reading Craig's article about this
https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings...e-trinity/
He says, verbatim : "There are three persons, denominated the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who deserve to be called God, and yet there is but one God, not three".
So Craig thinks the Father has all the properties a god has. And so do the Son and the HS. Anyway The last bit in bold really seems to me an arbitrary justification, if an entity has the properties of a God, then it is the God. Why block the conclusion there are three Gods AND one god according to this belief.?
(June 4, 2021 at 8:38 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Wouldn't this a good question for a Christian forum?
Why go to the atheists to ask when you know they already don't buy into it?
Well, aren't there any christians here ?
I am just curious to know if there are any real justifications for this belief. Most atheists here were christians too so I expected you would know a lot about this
But it’s NOT three Gods. It’s one god with three names. The Father is not the Son is not the Holy Spirit, but they’re the same one God. You and Craig are arguing a straw man.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson