I can't believe so many are indoctrinated into default beliefs they can't defend or express beyond a creed.
Yeah, me neither!
Trinity doctrine can be affirmed in part. It isn't either/or. I affirm all but primarily one point.
Alrighty then.
There is a deeper understanding of truth.
...which is Jesus Christ (John 14:6)
Trinity is incomplete in this one point. The same is true of Oneness, and they both CAN be easily reconciled to the truth. All "threeness" isn't Trinity.
Well, of course you're going to say it's incomplete at that one point. Don't back it up with Scripture, just say it is.
No, I'm pretty sure the docrine of Trinity and Oneness contradict each other.
Threeness? Who's talking about Threeness? There's only One God, not three.
A common occurence of a Hebrew plural pronoun with a singular verb in one verse is not even part of a scholar's apologetic for Trinity. Some refer to it as Pluralis Excellentiae; an intensifier, not a quantifier. It's grammatical, not substantial.
Alright.
Trinity is a box, but Trinitarians think THAT box is fine.
How is it a box?
There's much more revelation about who God is if one puts aside doctrines of men to receive it by the Spirit. Read 1 Corinthians 2. God didn't come to conceal Himself; He came to reveal Himself.
Actually, I see the Trinity in 1 Corinthians 2.
Right, I totally agree with you, we should not follow a man's doctrine (1 Corinthians 3:4-9)
No one comprehends on the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 2:11)
No. God is not three "persons". Please specifically show God is "person(s)" from scripture. No inference, no deduction, no induction, no extrapolation, no interpolation. The Logos is the intelligent thought and expression of God. The Son is the express image of His substance.
Substantiate that God is three "persons".
...I have, in earlier Scriptures that I've posted.
Actually just look in 1 Corinthains 2, the very chapter you showed tell me to look at.
Yet you adamantly "know" that God is three "persons" as a Trinity; absolutely declaring what you admitedly don't even begin to understand. No mystery, no unsurety, no humble searching... just blind assertion based on indoctrination and association.
I know nothing except what He has revealed to me by His word.
We all want to be able to understand the vastness, the fullness of God. This is one reason why Muslims reject the Trinity as well. "God is not the author of confusion (actually it's calamity, but I'll just use a faulty argument as example)," they say.
I wonder who is blindly asserting statements...it's either me or you...well, it's actually both of us.
Because only God is Truth, and only He can see into the future, while we cannot.
We're supposed to search the deep mysteries of God. Is that how you came to belief in Trinity? I'd say somebody taught you from early in your church experience, since it took hundreds of Bishops many years to formulate the doctrine. You didn't just go to the Word one day and say, "Look, I found a Trinity. God is three hupostases of one ousia.". Mostly cuz it ain't in there. It's inferred.
Early in my church experience? I'm sorry to say (and I truly am), I haven't had much of a "church experience." Everything I've learned is from looking at God's Word, what He's revealed to me through Scripture.
And I'm sorry, but have you asked God to fill you up today to bear fruit? Because the fruit you're bearing surely isn't the fruit of the Spirit.
(And I'm going easy on you because of your age and obvious zeal for God. Why not learn before declaring your final definition of God..)
Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance (Proverbs 1:5)
I am nothing compared to Christ, my wisdom is below nothing compared to His, there's no word for how dumb I am compared to Him and His Majesty...
...but I think you're underestimating me a bit. I've done a bit more research than you may think, and a bit more reading. And a lot of praying and crying and crying out to God for the Truth.
God doesn't have a definition. He transcends definition. I can only look at what Scripture says about His nature. And the Spirit says that He's one being, three persons. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
