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- Christians, if you could, please explain the Trinity to me by answering my 7 questions about it below.
- 1) do you believe the Trinity is Divine?
- 2) do you believe the hypostasis of the Son is Divine?
- 3) do you believe the hypostasis of the Spirit is Divine?
- 4) do you believe the hypostasis of the Father is Divine?
- 5) is there only One way to be Divine?
- 6) When you say "the Father/Spirit/Son *is* Divine/God", is this "*'is'*" the
- a) the " *'is'* of identity ", or
- b) the " *'is'* of predication " ?
- 7) do you believe that a hypostasis exists while
- a) subsisting within some other essence, or
- b) while not subsisting within some other essence?
- 8) do you believe being fully human means a person must possess both a human will and a human soul, and does this apply to the doctrine of the Incarnation?
- a) to be fully human, a human person must possess both a human will and a human soul.
- b) the divine nature replaced the need for a human soul and will.
- 9) do you believe another hypostasis proceeds/comes from
- a) from one other hypostasis
- b) from the other hypostases
- ~~~
- In the classical paradigm of logic, which underlines all intelligible & meaningful exchange of information — there is no rationally possible solution to the logical problem of the Trinity. I.E. there is no rational route for inference of the belief itself.
- Equivocating between God’s being beyond comprehension, and the belief being beyond comprehension, isn’t a solution either.
- It just means you think we don’t have innate faculties for understanding and conveying true belief from and of God.
- Which, obviously God wants us to have meaningful conversation about true belief. Trinity makes that ultimately impossible and entails the use of words that mean nothing and tell us nothing about our belief about God.
- As such, you can only defend it blindly and hope a solution exists and is out there—while just not within our grasps.
- Suggesting that our innate principles of understanding and foundations for logical reasoning and rational inquiry are not adequate is of a paradigm against that of the classical, and as such, necessarily cannot be rationally imparted.
- Ultimately, I can’t accept something there is no route for actually accepting especially while my innate faculties incline to knowing it is false and impossible.
- If you think I don't deserve to understand what you believe, or that God Almighty didn't give us the innate faculties to accept and understand true belief from and of Him, then okay — I'm not sure why you think this should ever be discussed.
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