07-11-2006, 03:15 PM
Bismillah
This says:
"There is only one God
The Father is God
Jesus is God
The Holy Spirit is God
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Persons."
There is only one lawyer.
Steve is a lawyer
John is a lawyer
and Betty is a lawyer
Steve, John, and Betty are all distinct persons"
This just says to me, that one can define God as one wants as long as you state "God is One" first. To me that is like the phrase "no offense." As long as I put that before any statement then I feel justified saying what I want. "No offense really, but your child is the ugliest I have ever seen." Of course this is an extreme to make a point.
This is not logical. God gave us reason and commanded us to use our gifts, so we are supposed to suspend reason? Look at the Roman, Greek, and Celtic pre-christian gods. Seems very similar. Seems interesting to me that the concept of trinity was picked up quickest by these people.
God is not a man, just as the carpentar is not a table.