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Yes. In the description of God:
My thoughts:
The three are equal may not be Biblical. The three are one God is Biblical.
The three are equal implies a level of "separateness" and co-equality that I don't believe is Biblical.
In an equilateral triangle, all 3 angles equal 60 degrees. <1 = 60, <2 = 60, <3 = 60. The sum of the angles of every triangle will always be 180 degrees. This is exactly what I pictured after I read that statement.
But does <1 = 180 degrees? No. The triangle would be incomplete without all 3 angles.
Not so when it comes to our God.
In God's math, <1 = 180, <2 = 180, <3 = 180.
Do you understand what I'm trying to say? I'm not that smart, math is my weakness. However, this was the quickest and clearest way to express my thoughts.
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Hi, I don't post on this forum much, so you guys don't know me. Since you don't know me, I want to say up front that what I'm about to say is not a defense of Trinitarianism.
With that said, if my understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity is correct, they would fully agree with this statement:
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In God's math, <1 = 180, <2 = 180, <3 = 180.
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They would say that the triangle is God, not the angles. The definition of the Trinity is that it is one Being (
God) who exists in three Persons (
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). So the Being (God) is equally existent in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So they don't claim that there are "three almightys" as they are so often accused of. They believe in one God just as much as the Oneness folks do. They don't claim to understand how that can be so, but they find it do be a biblical truth.
Many Oneness folks make the mistake of confusing Trinitarianism (one Being in three Persons) with tritheism (three gods). Tritheism is non-Scriptural and it is a logical impossibility. It's impossible to have three almightys. It just can't happen. The definition of the word precludes it.
C.S. Lewis gave an interesting illustration of how the Trinity
might work in his book Mere Christianity. He was careful to stress that he was just hypothesizing. He suggested that we humans might be "incomplete" personalities while God is a "full" personality. He suggested that God might be seen from our perspective as a cube. On different sides of the cube you see Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (I am reciting what he said from memory, so I might not have it exactly right...but that's basically what he said if I remember it correctly).
Anyway, I want to stress again that I am not defending Trinitarianism. At least not in the sense of trying to persuade anyone that the doctrine is correct. I just wanted to point out that the idea that Jesus is 1/3 God and the Father is 1/3 God and the Holy Spirit is 1/3 God is not a view that Trinitarians would agree with.
Just my 2 copper...now I'll go back to lurking =P
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