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The Trinity is Invalid

Ram September 22, 2018 at 19:52 8475 views 21 comments


This video demonstrates that the trinity is invalid and incoherent. It does not make sense.

I am a Muslim but atheists might also find it useful.

There is no God but Allah and He has no partners. It is a violation of monotheism to claim that God is three or to worship Jesus (PBUH).

The trinity is an abhorrent, false doctrine.

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Ram September 22, 2018 at 19:55 #214232
This is some more material which exposes the false nature of the alleged Trinity.

Believers in the Trinity, I urge you to repent and to follow true monotheism. God is One.



Deleted User September 22, 2018 at 20:42 #214250
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Akanthinos September 22, 2018 at 23:13 #214294
If there is a reasonable attack against the modern doctrine of consubstantial Trinity in the mess that is the OP, I cannot see it.
Ram September 22, 2018 at 23:15 #214296
Quoting tim wood
The title of the OP is "The triinity is invalid." What does that mean?


The Trinity is not valid.
Ram September 22, 2018 at 23:16 #214297
Quoting Akanthinos
If there is a reasonable attack against the modern doctrine of consubstantial Trinity in the mess that is the OP, I cannot see it.


Go through the material. They explain it better than I can. Are people interested in examination and research and the truth or no?
Akanthinos September 22, 2018 at 23:20 #214303
Quoting Ram
Go through the material. They explain it better than I can. Are people interested in examination and research and the truth or no?


No, this is a discussion forum, not a XYZtube platform. Show me you did the work and that there's something to engage before I bother to do so, otherwise it's just flamebait.
Ram September 22, 2018 at 23:42 #214314
Quoting Akanthinos
No, this is a discussion forum, not a XYZtube platform. Show me you did the work and that there's something to engage before I bother to do so, otherwise it's just flamebait.


Okay, if you don't want to examine the evidence, you don't want to examine the evidence. It is what it is.
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Ram September 23, 2018 at 00:18 #214337
Quoting tim wood
In what sense? In what way is it not valid? What in this context does "valid" mean.


It's unsound. It doesn't add up. I'm not a dictionary.

This works:

val·id
?val?d/Submit
adjective
(of an argument or point) having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable or cogent.
Deleted User September 23, 2018 at 00:37 #214345
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Ram September 23, 2018 at 00:46 #214350
Quoting tim wood
If you're talking about the Christian trinity (I know of no other), then be advised that real Christians never assert the tenets of their faith as facts, but rather preface their expressions of that faith with the words, "We believe." Arguing that any aspect of that faith - or any other so founded, even yours - is illogical or not factual is a red herring chasing a straw man. An irrelevancy against an irrelevancy. And I suspect you actually know better, so shame on you.


Well if they don't believe their faith is factual then they aren't very Christian.
Akanthinos September 23, 2018 at 00:48 #214351
The Trinity is a Sacred Mystery. Almost every Catholic in existence would agree that it doesn't make much sense. But we also would not bust a vein over it, since it was always rather well articulated that the Divine Persons are relational.

"The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers a definitive dogma of the Trinity, a dogma that has been
handed down throughout the centuries of Christianity. Three doctrines or teachings express the reality
of the dogma of the Trinity: (1) the Trinity is One, (2) the divine persons are really distinct from one
another, and (3) the divine persons exist relative to one another.
The Trinity Is One. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “We do not confess three Gods,
but one God in three Persons, the ‘consubstantial Trinity.’ The Divine Persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire: ‘The Father is that which the Son
is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e., by nature
one God.’ In the words of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215): ‘Each of the persons is that supreme
reality, viz., the divine substance, essence, or nature.’”xii Therefore, the Trinity is one God: “The Father
is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God,” as stated in the Athanasius Creed (ca. AD 350).
The three Persons are all co-eternal and co-equal and are all uncreated and omnipotent."

- https://www.smp.org/dynamicmedia/files/aceafa5e6fa80c7efe142f4750d0798c/TX001181_1-Background-The_Trinity.pdf
Ram September 23, 2018 at 00:50 #214352
Quoting Akanthinos
The Trinity is a Sacred Mystery. Almost every Catholic in existence would agree that it doesn't make much sense. But we also would not bust a vein over it, since it was always rather well articulated that the Divine Persons are relational.

"The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers a definitive dogma of the Trinity, a dogma that has been
handed down throughout the centuries of Christianity. Three doctrines or teachings express the reality
of the dogma of the Trinity: (1) the Trinity is One, (2) the divine persons are really distinct from one
another, and (3) the divine persons exist relative to one another.
The Trinity Is One. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “We do not confess three Gods,
but one God in three Persons, the ‘consubstantial Trinity.’ The Divine Persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire: ‘The Father is that which the Son
is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e., by nature
one God.’ In the words of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215): ‘Each of the persons is that supreme
reality, viz., the divine substance, essence, or nature.’”xii Therefore, the Trinity is one God: “The Father
is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God,” as stated in the Athanasius Creed (ca. AD 350).
The three Persons are all co-eternal and co-equal and are all uncreated and omnipotent."


You are a Catholic?
Akanthinos September 23, 2018 at 00:57 #214355
Raised as one, in all-males boarding schools with nuns and all!
Faith never took root, tho.
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Ram September 23, 2018 at 01:05 #214362
Quoting tim wood
Which makes clear you have not the slightest idea what you're talking about.


Hopefully you find something more interesting than semantics to argue about. But yes whether God exists or not is a matter of fact. Either that God exists is a fact or that He doesn't exist is a fact (the former is correct). Just because we can't see God doesn't mean the matter is not one of fact and I'm sure many Christians would like to say that the Bible says are facts.
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Ram September 23, 2018 at 01:24 #214373
Quoting tim wood
Actually, Christians - above I think I qualified that as real Christians - don't. If you meet self-proclaimed Christians who do, they aren't.

Not everyone correctly distinguishes between belief and fact. Peel those you speak to back a bit, and they should correctly revert to belief. If they don't, they're 1) ignorant, 2) not Christians, or 3) at best part Christians. Some fundamentalists fall into this latter category.

But this isn't up for debate, it's simply the fact of the matter. Move on.


Maybe your idea of "real Christians" are liberal "Christians". Real Christians certainly believe their faith is factual.
Akanthinos September 23, 2018 at 01:30 #214374
Quoting Ram
Maybe your idea of "real Christians" are liberal "Christians". Real Christians certainly believe their faith is factual.


Apparently the Church is not made of "real Christians".
Banno September 23, 2018 at 01:38 #214376
Reply to Ram Indeed, the trinity is nonsense. But that does not mean Islam is correct.
Streetlight September 23, 2018 at 01:45 #214377
I'm closing this thread. If the OP cannot be bothered to articulate its own arguments and instead demands that others simply refer to a series of videos, then that, coupled with the unwarranted combative tone, makes for a poor space for discussion. Provide arguments which can be debated over, not videos.