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The Holy Trinity
| May 29th, 2018 at 4:48:06 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
The sun works because god said, "Let there be light." Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| May 29th, 2018 at 4:57:32 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | The truth is humans trying to understand and communicate about Gods nature is impossible. We use language to share concepts but the problem is there are no words to describe accurately something so far beyond our understanding as the trinitarian nature of God. It is a total mystery. It's hard enough to think of a quantum vacuum, multiverses, string theory, ect. let alone the nature of the one who created it all. We do the best we can with what we have (language) at our disposal. The only analogy I ever thought had any validity in that it didn't make God into three Gods (modalism) (sorry frg a leaf can be cut away and the plant will still live) is the concept of space in that length, breadth and depth cannot exist alone. There is really no such thing as a point or a line without height to go with it. I don't think it's a great analogy just the best one I've come up with. |
| May 29th, 2018 at 4:59:25 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Oh wow. "Let there be light" has nothing to do with the sun! |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:03:17 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
And with that, I'm out of this discussion. Why the heck am I talking about a god splitting in 3 parts, when there is no god at all. The whole thing is silly, not worth any more of my time.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:31:48 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Success! Thank you! |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:38:03 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
If you can figure out how to get Evenbob out of a religious thread I think you just may understand the Trinity. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:47:58 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Your analogy was so bad I just couldn't take anymore. No Xtion can explain trinity, you made my point perfectly. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:48:00 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Shows you what I know, or don't know. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| May 29th, 2018 at 5:49:51 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Here's what you do. Find the choir, tell them your little stories and they will all smile and agree with you. Think how warm and tingly that will make you feel. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 29th, 2018 at 11:22:11 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Seriously. The mantra for worshipping god should not be "revel in your ignorance" "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |