Wrangler
Well-known member
It is amazing that trinitarians take a concept not even in the Bible AS IF it is the central message of the Bible.
To be clear, when I write that the trinity is not found anywhere in Scripture, I mean that neither the word nor the concept of the trinity is explicitly in the Bible. To avoid the inevitable Appeal to Strawman, there simply is no verse that reads something like The nature of God is a trinity - consisting of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit who are co-equal, co-substantial and co-eternal - and if you do not believe this, you cannot be saved but are damned to hell forever. If there were such a verse, it would be the most quoted verse in Scripture by those who claim one’s salvation depends on believing it. The concept of the trinity is so important that in 66 books, it is not mentioned once! What is missing from Scripture is just as telling as what is explicitly taught.
Rather than abandon this obvious 1st-Commandment-violating idol, trinitarians resort to ignoring or subordinating explicit teachings in Scripture to inferences (reading their doctrine into the non-trinitarian text), mystical dualism and artificial synthesis. At the same time, trinitarians give no weight to inferences that undermine the trinity dogma. Finally, they admit no rejection criteria; what set of words would reasonably justify rejecting the trinity.
To be clear, when I write that the trinity is not found anywhere in Scripture, I mean that neither the word nor the concept of the trinity is explicitly in the Bible. To avoid the inevitable Appeal to Strawman, there simply is no verse that reads something like The nature of God is a trinity - consisting of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit who are co-equal, co-substantial and co-eternal - and if you do not believe this, you cannot be saved but are damned to hell forever. If there were such a verse, it would be the most quoted verse in Scripture by those who claim one’s salvation depends on believing it. The concept of the trinity is so important that in 66 books, it is not mentioned once! What is missing from Scripture is just as telling as what is explicitly taught.
Rather than abandon this obvious 1st-Commandment-violating idol, trinitarians resort to ignoring or subordinating explicit teachings in Scripture to inferences (reading their doctrine into the non-trinitarian text), mystical dualism and artificial synthesis. At the same time, trinitarians give no weight to inferences that undermine the trinity dogma. Finally, they admit no rejection criteria; what set of words would reasonably justify rejecting the trinity.