Does believing in God (the Father), Jesus Christ (the Son), and the Holy Spirit make Christians follow polytheism (which is objected to in the Bible)?
The Trinity is a long-debated topic that's used as an objection to Christianity even today.
In this regard, the people objecting to Christianity raise a logically fair question - "How do you say Christianity isn't Polytheism if it allows the worship of 3 persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)?"
In this blog post, I'll share why Christians don't follow polytheism by believing in the Trinity. I'll do so by comparing the Trinity with three distinct attributes of the Sun that I recognize simultaneously.
Let's see what are those 3 attributes.
First, I recognize that the sun is an object in itself.
Second, I also experience the heat the sun generates
Third, I also experience the light it produces simultaneously
Though all these 3 attributes are distinct about the sun, I recognize all of them at the same time. I cannot say the sun is not generating heat when it produces light or vice versa. Neither can I claim that the sun ceases to exist as an object when I experience the light or heat it generates.
We also know well that all three 3 unique attributes are of the same object (the sun). Also when we experience any of the 3 attributes, none of the other 2 attributes cease to exist. In other words, we experience all the 3 attributes simultaneously.
Similarly, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are 3 distinct persons. Yet, we experience the 3 different Persons in one Being - God.
This comparison of the Trinity with the sun's attributes is my attempt to understand the One God (about whom I read in the Bible), based on a conversation with a friend.
I also confidently believe that God is beyond human understanding, and it's impossible for we humans to define Him in detail with our limited wisdom, but we have the essential info - The Gospel, which shares about His love for us, and His work to redeem each of our souls from perishing.
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