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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 77662908" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p><strong>Understanding the Trinity</strong></p><p></p><p>As an atheist one of the many things I find confusing about Christianity is the concept of the Trinity; </p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>God the Father</em>, <em>God the Son, and the Holy Spirit.</em></p><p></p><p>Part of the problem is understanding the concept of having three ‘God’ entities while at the same time describing them as a single entity.</p><p></p><p>As an outsider it also seems to me that each of the components of the Trinity would have a specific function or purpose. Is this the case? If not, why have three components?</p><p></p><p>The most confusing component of the Trinity is the Holy Spirit. Although it’s part of the Trinity it appears to be the least mentioned and the vaguest (to me) part of the Trinity. Although I can more or less understand the God-the-Father/God-the-Son concepts, I have trouble understanding the idea of the Holy Spirit, what it is and where it fits in.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em><u>A Request</u></em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>After more than a decade on CF I’ve found that Christians have a habit of using impenetrable Christian jargon when trying to explain Christian concepts. As a non-Christian much of this jargon can be difficult to follow. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>How you respond is up to you however sticking to plain English would help.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 77662908, member: 313365"] [B]Understanding the Trinity[/B] As an atheist one of the many things I find confusing about Christianity is the concept of the Trinity; [INDENT][I]God the Father[/I], [I]God the Son, and the Holy Spirit.[/I][/INDENT] Part of the problem is understanding the concept of having three ‘God’ entities while at the same time describing them as a single entity. As an outsider it also seems to me that each of the components of the Trinity would have a specific function or purpose. Is this the case? If not, why have three components? The most confusing component of the Trinity is the Holy Spirit. Although it’s part of the Trinity it appears to be the least mentioned and the vaguest (to me) part of the Trinity. Although I can more or less understand the God-the-Father/God-the-Son concepts, I have trouble understanding the idea of the Holy Spirit, what it is and where it fits in. [B][I][U]A Request[/U][/I][/B] [I]After more than a decade on CF I’ve found that Christians have a habit of using impenetrable Christian jargon when trying to explain Christian concepts. As a non-Christian much of this jargon can be difficult to follow. How you respond is up to you however sticking to plain English would help.[/I] OB [/QUOTE]
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