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Jesus Christ...praying to Allah
Yes, it does.But if they're both "divine", doesn't that make them both gods?
What word would you suggest as as alternative?I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm saying I think "divine" is the wrong word to use.
There's an interesting sign at a truck stop that a friend took a picture of and sent to me as a postcard. All it said was:
Ice = H2O
Water = H2O
Steam = H2O
God the father = GOD
God the son = GOD
God the holy spirit = GOD
I thought it was quite clever!
That's the point.Ice maybe H2O, but it forms crystals which neither liquid water nor water vapor does.
The concept of the Trinity as being a single God, or even the Trinity at all, isn't anywhere in the Gospels, at least not that I've read. Jesus, as depicted in them, is the physical manifestation of the Word of God, but not God Himself. So there's no problem with Jesus praying to God.
The only problem with the picture is that in it, Jesus is Caucasian.
From a Muslim's perspective, you could say that Jesus was the human manifestation of the Word, meant for illiterates(Jesus did hang out with the poor more than anyone else, after all), while the Qur'an is the manifestation of the Word in book format, meant for scholars and scribes.
Yes, it does.
What word would you suggest as as alternative?
We tend not to get too awfully hung up on the fact that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are all Gods. People say that makes us polytheistic. I say, "So what?" Polytheism is nothing more than a label that human begins have devised. We see the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as three distinct beings who are "one" in every sense but the physical. We don't believe they are a single substance, but that their unity of will and purpose is perfect and absolute. They are united to such a degree that we as mortals can't fully appreciate. They are never at odds with one another, but always think, feel, and act as "one God." Because "God" is a title that is legitimately applied to all of them, and because they all share the qualities of deity, they are spoken of as "one God" even though they are three in number.
I'm with you on this. What's all the hang-up? One God and many gods isn't exactly a new idea. The author of the OP will insist on dubbing it "polytheistic" no matter what.Yes, it does.
What word would you suggest as as alternative?
We tend not to get too awfully hung up on the fact that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are all Gods. People say that makes us polytheistic. I say, "So what?" Polytheism is nothing more than a label that human begins have devised. We see the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as three distinct beings who are "one" in every sense but the physical. We don't believe they are a single substance, but that their unity of will and purpose is perfect and absolute. They are united to such a degree that we as mortals can't fully appreciate. They are never at odds with one another, but always think, feel, and act as "one God." Because "God" is a title that is legitimately applied to all of them, and because they all share the qualities of deity, they are spoken of as "one God" even though they are three in number.
Absolutely right, except they are hardly furthering "the work of Satan." The Trinity may be a man-made concept, but here's the thing: the people who conceived it were not idiots. Mind cannot hope to grasp the concept of an absolute infinity without first attempting to break its unity. For in the absence of all divergencies, mind has no basis upon which it can formulate understanding concepts. If God is conceived as truly infinite, the attempt at comprehension requires the segmentation of the I AM. There are different ways of doing this: Father-Son-Spirit is one; Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma is another. The Trinity-concept makes sense to me, but Jesus as the Second Person of the Trinity doesn't fit well with my religious philosophy. But this is a personal interpretation of felt values.The "concept of the holy trinity" is just that. It is a man-made concept not taught in the Bible. Jesus did not pray to himself when he was baptized and he did not resurrect himself. Jesus admitted that there were things he did not know, that only the father knew. Jesus died (God cannot die).
John 1:18 says no man has ever seen God. Yet, people have seen Jesus. 1Cor 8:6 tells us that there is one God, the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ.
John 17:3 teaches that knowledge of two persons is required for eternal life (this is Jesus praying to his heavenly father):
"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."
I find that many people really go out of their way to push the unholy and satanic trinitarian poison to make Jesus God. Yet, they have forgotten the name of the one that sent him. How insulting!
The first thing Jesus told his followers to do in the Lords Prayer at Matthew 6:9, 10 was to make the NAME of the Father holy (sanctified).
It is sad that many have given prominence to Jesus (who was created Rev 3:14 and Col 1:15) rather than the one who created, the Father.
Trinitarians unwittingly further the work of Satan. Satan does not want Gods name advertised either.