From: Pele@yabbs
To: alarm@yabbs
Subject: re: The Trinity
Date: Thu Aug 18 19:56:07 1994
In message re: The Trinity, alarm said:
> But remember, Peter and the other apostles were Jews who primarily thought 
> of God as one. So later theologians saw the witness of the apostles to the 
> oneness of God and to the threeness of their experience and they termed 
> the experience with God reported in the New Testament Trinity.


That has long been my opinion on the Trinity.  It is something that early
Theologians and heads of Catholic state created in order to justify
worshiping Jesus as a God.  I find that if common sense is applied, one
will more likely come up with the idea that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
are separate entities.  I mean...think about it.  Who was Jesus praying to in
Gethsename (Sp?)?  Himself?  God is supposed to have created man in his
own image.  It would stand to reason, therefore that he would exist in a
similar manner to us.  Aside from those who suffer from multiple
personality disorder, I can't think of anyone who is three people rolled
up in one.  

I think that God is God.  And that Jesus is his son.  And that the Holy Spirit
was sent by God, as Jesus said it would be to help nurture us in our
exploration of life.  They are three separate entities.  If you want to
call them all God.  I'm cool with that.  But I need biblical proof that these
Gods are all the same guy before I accept it.  And as of yet...no matter what,
I have never heard any concrete biblical support for this idea.

Thanx for reading.  :)

-Pele-