Christianity has a belife of the trinity (Father, Son, Holy Ghost). They pray to all of them, so does that mean that they're all one different thing, or one different form of God?
this thread kind of goes along with Punker's "Oneness or Trinity" Thread
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Re: The Trinity...is it monotheistic?
I am Christian. Not going to debate the Mormon/Christian thing in here, but I am cuz I say I am so let it go. Anyway!
I do not pray to all pieces of the Trinity. I didn't know that people did. I pray to the Father in the name of the Son by means of the Holy Ghost.
As God and I can't sit and have a cup of hot chocolate and mull over the latest happenings and to do's in my life...I have to go through networks and channels like everyone else.
Why would you pray to the Holy Ghost? Or to Christ? I mean, sure Christ is a bit understandable, but he's like...the go to man and the Holy Ghost is like...the messanger, but God...well he has all the answers and he says yes or no.
hmm...I still just don't understand some churches.
Oh yeah...and why do Catholics pray to statues of human beings that they claim are saints? Sure...fine...you can have saints. That's cool...it's your thing. But why do you pray to them? Isn't that like...a sin? I thought it was a sin. Of course...I'm only going by the 10 commandments. Thou shalt have no God before me...or something like that. And then there is the one...Thou Shalt not worship false idols. Praying to a statue of a man...or a woman...even Mary...that's kinda like...worshipping. But that's my opinion. I wanna just know why.
It may not be worshipping in your mind. I don't pray to statues...or to crosses. Crucifixes freak me out. We have these GIGANTIC crosses on the side of the road in Baton Rouge...THOSE freak me out! It's like...if Christ came now and was punished and put to death for our sins now days...and they used a modern means of execution...we'd be like...praying to needles...or an electric chair. Do you see what I'm getting at? I just don't understand why.
I know you probably wear the crosses and have them as a reminder of the sacrifice, but you're recognizing Christ by means of a torture and execution device. now...maybe I'm looking at it wrong. I dunno.
I dont' mean to offend anyone. I just wanna know these things. I'm not Catholic and eventhough I've studied it...it just doesn't make sense to me. Can someone enlighten me?
Christianity didn't come up with the Trinity idea.
Egypts history is nearly as old as the Sumerians. Egypt also believed in a, transcendental, above creation, and preexisting one, the god Amun. Amun was really three gods in one. There are many others also.
They believe there is ONE God revealed in three persons. The best example I can give is that GOD is like a race. And the Father, Son, and The Holy Spirit occupy that race.
They basically believe three different beings make up God and yes, they do pray to all of them. Whenever you hear them pray you'll hear them say "In the name of the F,S,and HS" or something along those lines.
Oneness christians believe that the Holy Spirit, The Father, and the Son are ONE.
Trinitarians believe that The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all ONE. But they believe each God has a different personality and GOD is revealed in three persons.
God is one person. He's not three different people. He's one being filling out different roles.
John 14:9- He who hath seen me hath seen the father.
how can three things be one, n how can one things be three{aother example of how the very definitions of logic n englishlanguage are tinkered with by believers} either god is the FATHER, the SON or the HOLY GHOST. u cant have it both ways, either there are three gods or only one god and actually jesus, the father and the holy ghost are each 1/3 rd of GOD{which goes against the FATHER/GOD connection that christianity makes} also logically, jesus is not god, if he is the SON of god, either he is the son or her is the father himself. besides why would god need mary anyway if jesus was god himself?
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