06-13-2006, 02:53 AM
Quote:Muslimah wrote:
> Question, u mean that preserving the holy book is not the
> duty of God but rather the holy spirit? who revealed it then?
Christians believe that the Holy Spirit IS God.
Remember, Christians believe in the Trinity (three Gods in one and one God in three). Each part of the Trinity has different responsibilities. The Holy Spirit (for example) can be thought of as the direct interface between God and humanity. So Christians believe, then, that God (the Holy Spirit) was present in the people who recorded and preserved the bible.
Just for your information.
Quote:".......It is difficult in the second half of the 20th century to offer a clear, objective and straightforward account of the revelation, doctrinal evolution, and theological elaboration of the Mystery of the trinity. Trinitarian discussion, Roman Catholic as well as other, present a somewhat unsteady silhouette. Two things have happened. There is the recognition on the part of exegetes and Biblical theologians, including a constantly growing number of Roman Catholics, that one should not speak of Trinitarianism in the New Testament without serious qualification. There is also the closely parallel recognition on the part of historians of dogma and systematic theologians that when one does speak of an unqualified Trinitarianism, one has moved from the period of Christian origins to, say, the last quadrant of the 4th century. It was only then that what might be called the definitive Trinitarian dogma 'One God in three Persons' became thoroughly assimilated into Christian life and thought ... it was the product of 3 centuries of doctrinal development". "The New Catholic Encyclopedia" Volume XIV, p. 295.
<b>They admit it! Jesus' twelve apostles lived and died never having heard of any "Trinity"! </b>
Did Jesus leave his closest and dearest followers so completely and utterly baffled and lost that they never even realized the "true" nature of God? Did he leave them in such black darkness that neither they nor their children, nor yet their children's children would ever come to recognize the "true" nature of the One they are to worship? Do we really want to allege that Jesus was so thoroughly incompetent in the discharge of his duties that he left his followers in such utter chaos that it would take them fully three centuries after his departure to finally piece together the nature of the One whom they are to worship? Why did Jesus never, even once, just say "God, the Holy Ghost and I are three Persons in one Trinity. Worship all of us as one"? If he had only chosen to make just one such explicit statement to them he could have relieved Christianity of centuries of bitter disputes, division, and animosity.
Salam
Wael.