God, one person, or three?

by slimboyfat 78 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    The Trinity doctrine says God is three persons in one being.

    Yet the Bible says God is one.

    Gal 3.20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one. NIV
    Gal 3.20 Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one. Holman Christian Standard Bible

    How do Trinitarians think this isn’t a contradiction?

  • stan livedeath
    stan livedeath

    or--none ?

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Ah, an apophatic theologian

  • Jeffro
    Jeffro

    I smell a false dichotomy.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Sorry to hear that. Have you tried cleaning the fridge?

  • Jeffro
    Jeffro

    No, it's definitely this thread.

    Unless you mean that god, one person, or three are three separate options, in which case the first option cannot be established to exist, and the second option leaves out a large number of people, but 'three' is definitely a thing.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Don’t pull that thread.

    Pull my finger instead.

  • Jeffro
    Jeffro

    Do people still say that?

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Trinitarians say there are three persons in one being, or three persons in one God. Although not all trinitarians agree on what word to apply the threeness to and what word to apply the oneness to.

    The point from Galatians is that Paul apparently had no conception of “threeness” within God. He made the simple observation that a mediator requires more than one party, whereas God is only one. He had no idea of God being “three” in any sense, and assumed his readers had the same view.

  • Jeffro
    Jeffro

    Sorry for derailing. I do like fan fiction.

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