Religious Cults & False Prophets~ Discussions and DebatesDistinct Persons"One must clearly understand that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are not 3 independent deities. They represent the same power (the Supreme Being) but in 3 different aspects. Just as a man may be called a doctor, father, or husband based on the tasks he performs, the Supreme Being is called Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva when conceived of as performing 3 different cosmic tasks..." (www.koausa.org/Gods/) This description, by comparison, would be MODALISM, not Trinitarianism. 3 ASPECTS of one God, or one person, not 3 persons but somehow one God. If this (Hindu Trinity) is what you believe is analogous to the Christian Trinity, you are not a Trinitarian at all. No, the difference (that has to do with our issue here) is that the 3 "members" of the Hindu Trinity are aspects of one entity, as described in the quote. It's not just illogical, my point is there would be NO DIFFERENCE between "one God" and "more than one God" if a "one God" can be comprised of distinct persons - since it doesn't take more than one (divine) person to constitute one individual GOD. Again, your analogy is off - one human being is ONE person. You're talking about one person with multiple personalities which, again, is comparible to modalism. Trinitarianism states that God is comprised of 3 INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, and that "one is not the other". A polytheistic religion's sum total of "deity" is also comprised of individual (divine) persons, each of whom is not the other. There is no difference in concept - only the Trinitarian uses the word God instead of Gods. If you are a Trinitarian, you're supposed to believe in multiple PERSONS, not multiple PERSONALITIES. Do you begin to understand how Trinitarianism REQUIRES that these terms remain vague and undefined? [/i] |
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