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Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 23, 2019 at 4:24 pm
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There's this droll idea, and I'm not sure anymore if I've heard it here before, or as a joke somewhere, or whether I made it up.
What if God is indeed a trinity, and each part has only two of the three properties, for example omniscience, omnipotence and perfect benevolencr.
G1 is omnipotent and omniscient, but not benevolent
G2 is omniscient and benevolent, but not omnipotent
G3 is omnipotent and benevolent, but not omniscient.
So this ternary God is omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent, but in a case of symmetry breaking, is split in three parts which each possess only two, thus explaining theodicy.
This is quite similar to some schemes of symmetry breaking of fundamental forces after the Big bang that I've worked on ages ago.
If I should ever fall on hard times, this is going to be the topic of my esoteric quantum woo religion book.
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 23, 2019 at 4:28 pm
It would be an improvement over the current theological trinitarian schema, IMHO.
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 23, 2019 at 4:43 pm
That is the BEST solution of the Trinitarian Problem I've heard since:
'God is like a shamrock - small, green, and split three ways.' - Sister Euphemia of the Five Wounds, Nuns On The Run
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 23, 2019 at 6:02 pm
The real answer is the Trinity was meant to reconcile various passages in the Scriptures that weren't otherwise easy to harmonize together, and so we have this convoluted mess of a doctrine.
The Trinity is not parts btw. This is a common misunderstanding of the doctrine. It's one being that's somehow simultaneously three persons. Don't ask me how this makes sense, it doesn't to me.
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 23, 2019 at 6:32 pm
(November 23, 2019 at 6:02 pm)Grandizer Wrote: The real answer is the Trinity was meant to reconcile various passages in the Scriptures that weren't otherwise easy to harmonize together, and so we have this convoluted mess of a doctrine.
The Trinity is not parts btw. This is a common misunderstanding of the doctrine. It's one being that's somehow simultaneously three persons. Don't ask me how this makes sense, it doesn't to me.
Yes yes... then consider this the Trinity 2.0 if you will. Better, weaker, slightly sacrilegious
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
November 24, 2019 at 11:15 am
(November 23, 2019 at 6:32 pm)Alex K Wrote: (November 23, 2019 at 6:02 pm)Grandizer Wrote: The real answer is the Trinity was meant to reconcile various passages in the Scriptures that weren't otherwise easy to harmonize together, and so we have this convoluted mess of a doctrine.
The Trinity is not parts btw. This is a common misunderstanding of the doctrine. It's one being that's somehow simultaneously three persons. Don't ask me how this makes sense, it doesn't to me.
Yes yes... then consider this the Trinity 2.0 if you will. Better, weaker, slightly sacrilegious
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
December 14, 2019 at 2:45 am
(November 23, 2019 at 6:02 pm)Grandizer Wrote: The real answer is the Trinity was meant to reconcile various passages in the Scriptures that weren't otherwise easy to harmonize together, and so we have this convoluted mess of a doctrine.
The Trinity is not parts btw. This is a common misunderstanding of the doctrine. It's one being that's somehow simultaneously three persons. Don't ask me how this makes sense, it doesn't to me.
Wrong about the first sentence, the trinity is seen in the act of creation, and is seen in the decision to move Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
The second part is somewhat correct and you are not able to understand because you are not a Christian so the Holy Spirit hasn't revealed this to you.
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
December 14, 2019 at 9:01 am
Too bad god doesn't have 4 characteristics, then it could've been a tetrahedron of characteristics instead of a triangle.
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RE: Imperfect perfect Trinity
December 14, 2019 at 9:20 am
This "God" person obviously has dissociative identity disorder.
Too bad all of his personalities are such wankers.
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