Runningman
Active Member
Evidence is using any data, statement, or observation that can be used to support a claim. For example, if your claim is that God is a trinity and you want to argue your claims that the Trinity is Biblical, you must provide evidence. You need to show some statements about God being three, any observations about God being three, or any data that is in lign with what your claim is.
These sorts of statements about God do not exist in the Bible. So before you start popping off a laundry list of verses about this and that, you need to start at square one. You cannot argue for the existence of something that does not have evidence.
Why is the trinity not established in the Bible?
The Bible never states God as "three persons in one being."
These key verses are interpretive, not definitive.
Some New Testament scriptures seem to contradict Trinitarian thought.
These suggest distinction or hierarchy, not absolute equality.
The early church did not originally believe in later-defined Trinity; the teaching evolved over numerous centuries in response to debates (Arius vs. Athanasius, etc.).
Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is a faith conclusion and not a belief based on evident biblical facts.
These sorts of statements about God do not exist in the Bible. So before you start popping off a laundry list of verses about this and that, you need to start at square one. You cannot argue for the existence of something that does not have evidence.
Why is the trinity not established in the Bible?
The Bible never states God as "three persons in one being."
No verse says that "God is three in one."
The technical terminology ("person," "essence," "substance") came later in the history of the church (e.g., at the Council of Nicaea, 325 AD).
These key verses are interpretive, not definitive.
John 1:1 states "the Word was God," but equating "Word" with a distinct divine person involves theological assumptions.
Matthew 28:19 says Father, Son, and Spirit but does not say they are co-equal or one God.
Some New Testament scriptures seem to contradict Trinitarian thought.
John 17:3 - Jesus speaks of the Father as "the only true God."
1 Corinthians 8:6 - "One God, the Father… and one Lord, Jesus Christ."
These suggest distinction or hierarchy, not absolute equality.
The early church did not originally believe in later-defined Trinity; the teaching evolved over numerous centuries in response to debates (Arius vs. Athanasius, etc.).
There is no reference to the Trinity in the Bible, but only interpretations.
There aren't any clear or definitive statement of the Trinity in the Bible.
Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is a faith conclusion and not a belief based on evident biblical facts.
