Trinity DebateTrinity debateNo one is denying there is only one God. However, what you non-Trinitarians seem to want to avoid is the fact Scripture ascribes personal characteristics to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost that show they are individual "persons" with the ability to make decisions independent of the other "persons".
So far all you have done is “wrangle” over words used to communicate concepts.
The United States is one nation composed of 50 States; each state is sovereign and can make laws independent of the one nation. Each of the States has many counties composed of many communities all of which have the ability to pass ordinances independent of the State Government. A corporation is one entity that can have many independent companies each with the ability to have different policies.
“Echad” is translated other than “one”. It can also be translated “first”, “other”, and etc. In fact your Bible of choice translates “echad” as: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any (-thing), apiece, a certain, [daily-], each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, and together. In the NAS “echad” is translated: H259 151,450*(1), 41,500*(2), 61*(1), 61,000*(1), 621*(2), 721*(1), alike(1), all at once(1), alone(2), altogether(1), another(23), another into one(1), any(15), any one(2), any*(1), anyone*(1), apiece(1), certain(11), certain man(1), each(48), each one(4), each other(1), each*(4), eleven*(9), eleventh*(4), every(1), everyone(1), few(3), first(38), forty-first*(1), forty-one*(4), numbered(1), once(14), once*(4), one(586), one and on another(1), one and the other(2), one at the other(1), one can him who(1), one the other(1), one to another(1), one will to another(1), one another(4), one thing(2), one thing to another(1), one-tenth(1), one-tenth for each(1), only(2), other(27), other was one(1), outermost*(1), same(25), same one(1), single(15), some(2), thirty-first*(1), thirty-one*(3), together(3), twenty-first*(4), twenty-one*(4), uniformly*(2), unique(4), unison(1), unit(4), united(1), whom(1), 450* 1, 450* 1, 500* 2, 61* 1, 61* 1, 000* 1, 621* 2, 721* 1, alike 1, all at once 1, alone 2, altogether 1, another 23, another into one 1, any 15, any one 2, any* 1, anyone* 1, apiece 1, certain 11, certain man 1, each 48, each one 4, each other 1, each* 4, eleven* 9, eleventh* 4, every 1, everyone 1, few 3, first 38, forty-first* 1, forty-one* 4, numbered 1, once 14, once* 4, one 586, one and on another 1, one and the other 2, one at the other 1, one can him who 1, one the other 1, one to another 1, one will to another 1, one another 4, one thing 2, one thing to another 1, one-tenth 1, one-tenth for each 1, only 2, other 27, other was one 1, outermost* 1, same 25, same one 1, single 15, some 2, thirty-first* 1, thirty-one* 3, together 3, twenty-first* 4, twenty-one* 4, uniformly* 2, unique 4, unison 1, unit 4, united 1, whom 1
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Heb ... s&type=str
Your analysis of Hebrew words is superficial and proves nothing.
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