[NON-CHRISTIANS] Does the trinity or three seperate beings make more sense? (God)

[Kungfuzed]

To me, the Trinity makes God look like He has multiple personality disorder. Who is Jesus praying to?

[Halcyon]

Both make sense to me, in that i understand the underlying thinking behind the concepts. But, i'd also say that neither make any logical sense to me.

For the trinity, it doesn't make sense for me that God would exist in three hypostases, and no more nor less than that. I can't fathom a reason for God to categorise Himself into three distinct aspects.

For the LDS version, i cannot logically believe that God is a physical being, but that the Holy Ghost is a spiritual being, whilst still being a He.

For me, a far more logical concept than either would be One God in heaven, who spoke through a man on Earth, kinda like a puppet, and the Holy Ghost being the power of God as manifested on Earth.
I don't believe that but, for my understanding, it suffers from none of the problems the trinity, nor the LDS Godhead has.

[autonomous1one1]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

To all the non-Christians on the forums, which makes more sense in your mind, the idea of the trinity of that they are three seperate beings?

This is not to debate whether they are real or not, but why does one or the other make more sense?

Greetings. Since my belief is that God is one, as we all are, the trinity makes more sense and the 'three separate beings' makes no sense whatsoever to me. The trinity is meant to apply to one God. My study of the trinity has led me to conclude it to be three central symbols that point to aspects of reality, and in my opinion that is the original function of the triniterian - "to express in embracing symbols the self-manifestation of the Divine Life to man." Wish those are my words but they come from the late Christian philosophical theologian Paul Tillich.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

For the trinity, it doesn't make sense for me that God would exist in three hypostases, and no more nor less than that. I can't fathom a reason for God to categorise Himself into three distinct aspects.

Granted that this is coming from a non-Christian, but I don't see it as God categorizing "Himself" into three distinct aspects so much as us relating to God in three different aspects.

Why three and not two, or four? Three does seem to be a special number tho, meaning that we humans see a lot of things in threes.

[linwood]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

She mentioned that she would say the trinity made more sense, why in your view, would it not make sense?

Well...where do I start?

If the Christian God does and always has existed then was it a duality before Christ was born?
If it has always existed then what of Jesus?
He didn`t previously exist so he was created...BUT..how can a being create itself to that extent?

I suppose his "soul" could have existed but...does God have a soul?
Why would God need one?

Maybe God is merely a soul/spirit and not a physical manifestation but that goes against scripture being discussed in another thread.

If God/Christ/Holy Spirit was nothing more than aether/spirit it could perhaps seperate itself into three parts but why only three and/or why seperate at all?
Also if this aether trinity is how it is why are not these parts equal in greatness or status?
Holy Ghost/Unredeemable sin, and these words of Jesus`..

John 14:28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

However the part that really makes no sense to me is best described by Faust.

"Why would God send God To be sacrificed to God in order to appease God so that God would forgive man (His imperfect creation) for sin?"

[linwood]

Originally Posted by Kungfuzed

To me, the Trinity makes God look like He has multiple personality disorder. Who is Jesus praying to?

I never got that either.
his last words on the cross..

"Why have you forsaken me?"

How to you forsake yourself?
If you could forsake yourself how could you do it without knowing why?

The more I discuss it the confusder I get

[Victor]

It makes as much sense as a round earth.

[BFD_Zayl]

hmmm....i guess it sort of makes sense, i myself follow a Triad. Hades, Thanatos, and Hecate. Triangles, and the number three have a very special meaning for some necromancers. a triangle represents stability...push on one side and it is supported by two more.

[Random]

The Trinity, properly understood, decribes the divine nature of Man. That true nature is indivisible. There are no more three seperate beings in you than there are in God.