Join the Trinity debate that has proven popular at many of my blogsites - what is your opinion? If you would like to participate, link to my Xomba site below.
The following has proven very popular at a number of my blogsites. You may be interested. Please read on!
Should we believe in the Trinity - the Trinity debate? Write your opinion. Give us your opinion - it is important!
Do you personally believe in the Trinity? I was actually brought up to believe in it from my earliest days at Sunday School, so many decades ago, when most of my generation attended regularly every Sunday morning.
It appears to me that it has always been a central doctrine of the church.I believe that it has always been there, just like the Cross. Should it be a subject that is more than just a passing interest? So I looked for some information from an organisation that obviously knows a little bit about the subject.The following is from The Watchtower magazine, with thanks!
Various Trinitarian concepts exist. But generally the Trinity teaching is that in the Godhead there are three persons, Father,Son and Holy Ghost; yet together they are but one God. The doctrine says that the three are co-equal, almighty, and uncreated, having existed in the Godhead.
Others, however, say that the Trinity doctrine is false, that Almighty God stands alone as a separate, eternal, and all-powerful being. They say that Jesus in his pre-human existence was, like the angels, a separate spirit person created by God, and for this reason he must have had a beginning.They teach that Jesus has never been Almighty God's equal in any sense; he has always been subject to God and still is.They also believe that the Holy Ghost is not a person but God's spirit, his active force.
Supporters of the Trinity say that it is founded not on religious tradition but also on the Bible.Critics of the doctrine say that it is not a Bible teaching, one history source even declaring:" The origin of the Trinity is entirely pagan." - THE PAGAN IN OUR CHRISTIANITY.
If the Trinity is true, it is degrading to Jesus to say he was never equal to God as part of the Godhead. But if the Trinity is false, it is degrading to Almighty God to call anyone his equal, and even worse to call Mary the " Mother of God". If the Trinity is false, it dishonors God to say as noted in the book of Catholicism: "Unless people keep their faith whole and undefiled without doubt they shall perish forever- lastingly.And the Catholic Faith is this: we worship one God in Trinity."
How is the Trinity explained?
The Roman Catholic Church states: The Father is God,the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God, In this Trinity...the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent - the Catholic Encyclopedia. Nearly all other churches in Christendom also agree.
But wait a minute there, Jesus is the Son of God, not God the Father. How can he be the Father of Himself?
Furthermore,Islam believes that Jesus was but one of the great Prophets, not the Son of God, just to throw another spanner in the works!
What do you believe? I'm very interested in your contributions.
Submitted by jbprize on Fri, 2006-12-15 22:39.
Thanks for bringing up the trinity Huttriver.
If we believe that we as humans are a body,a soul,and a spirit all in one,why wouldn't we believe that God is also three in one? After all,we are created in his image.
Duplitarianism?
Submitted by Joe Snare on Fri, 2006-12-22 13:46.
This was well-written, Huttriver. At first I was a little skeptical to hear you say you were interested in others' opinions. In religious-speak as well as in advertising, I have observed this to be a cover for getting your own ideas out there. But it seems you are true to your word and letting others have their say.
I lean toward Erik's view, but above that, I believe that "salvation" is not gained from what you know or what you practice or even what you believe (although faith can be a healing balm that allows us to start living our destiny NOW). There is one attitude which, when I practice it, never fails to make me feel like I am getting closer to salvation, and that is Respect. If the world had respected Jesus and allowed him to go on teaching, we might have learned long ago how to become spirits without passing through that terrifying portal known as death.
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