"Jesus Is The Trinity" What? I thought He could Only be one?

Christian believe in the holy trinity, which is three in one God, Jesus, and holy spirit so if it is three in one technically it means Jesus can be seen as separate or part of the trinity or I guess you could call him the trinity but I would not he is part of it. I guess it is how you look at it.

When I've spoken to religious people before with the purpose of seeking some type of understanding about what it is they believe, I've been met with the "trinity" thing before. I used to think that this was just a way for them to confuse me and to get me to stop asking questions. But now I think it's because most people are just confused in general. I say that because if you ask 100 different what religion is, their views on heaven and hell, how to interpret gospel, etc, you'll get 500 different answers. I suppose the "trinity" is meant to say that everything's one -- the father, son and holy ghost. So Jesus is the trinity; Jesus is God; Jesus is the spirit; God is the spirit; God is Jesus. It's all just still God. But it's also not. It's Jesus. And they're all one and all different but still all the same. (Yeah, pass me the aspirin. ) So God sacrificed himself to himself for our sins which he gave us in the first place and so a new way to get to heaven was born, and... It doesn't seem very thought through to me, at least holding it up to the ultimate standard of being the one and only truth that all living people must accept unless they have a proclivity for suffering eternally.

Yes, there is much confusion amongst those claiming to be Christians. They are divided into about 40,000 different groups. If you want to know the truth, read the Scriptures for yourself and ask for God's help. No doubt He will guide you to the truth. The Trinity is not a Bible teaching, Non-biblical religions all have trinities but the word or the concept is not found in the Bible. God help us all!

Well I look at it this way, who ever believes in god, then god is whatever you think it should be. From what I remember when I was in catholic school, Jesus was supposed to be the son of god. God was a separate entity. But none of it makes any sense to me. They say that god created the world, I just cannot see a pair of hands making a ball and putting it into the sky. LOL. I believe in sciences version much more. What I do believe is that we need something to believe in, we need to think there is something out there that is bigger then we are, that can somehow protect us, from what I don't know. We are what we are and thats it.

The Trinity is a deep mistery. I found this briefly explanation "The Catholic faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Neither confounding the persons nor separating the substance, there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Spirit, but the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit is the one divinity, equal glory, the majesty coeternal"

Not all people think the same way, not religions, not politicians, not economists, not scientists, not philosophers. I think it is unfair or maybe it would be more correct to say it is unrealistic to consider that all Christians will have exactly the same things to say anymore than any other religion, would agree on everything said. We need to expect inconsistency but I also think but we can think of things that we have in common. What is the trinity? Well I don’t see that word in my bible but I do see scriptures that talk from different viewpoints. I believe in God. I also believe in God’s son, Jesus Christ that existed on earth for a time in a physical form. I also believe in the holy spirit which is something that can be expressed very simply if we look at our own spirit. I like to look at our spirit from an emotional standpoint. Hope this helps. Perhaps, the person meant that like father like son and character traits are the same.

God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are in the Trinity and it can be explained by this method (at least it was explained to me this way). take a look at water. you have ice, steam and liquid water. all three are still water but are separate onto themselves.

I am not joining in this discussion but I want to say I never before seen so much nonsense produced in such a short time

It's kind of like when you get married. They say that you have joined together and are now one. You're two people really, but you are together as one.

It may be because they are not sure. You make a point just by your question and that is why they may not answer. I think that the trinity is one of the most controversial translations in the bible. Some people believe there are an actual three entities that represent one GOD while others think that the three is God even if they are mentioned by different names. I think that it could be a scribe issue.

He is three people in one, which almost everybody finds it so very difficult to understand.

Several comments states that trinity is made of three person "God the father, "Jesus" and "the Holy Spirit" which is true! Another way to look at is consider the following: 1) Who created the hearth? Most answer will point to one creator which is God. Did you know there more than 1 creator according to Genesis? Genesis 1:26 God said, "Let us made man in our image, in our likeness,..." So there more than one person involved and we know angels don't have that power and several agree that this related to Trinity but few comment will against that! That passage opened my eyes. I hope this help!

I've pretty much said my piece (or pieces) in the comments in other boxes. I could have written a paper with lots of documentation, but I don't think that's what you were asking for, and if that's what you wanted, I could refer you to other sources. I don't claim to understand it, but I believe it. As to there being only one God with different names, I look at it the way C.S. Lewis did in the Last Battle, part of the Chronicles of Narnia. I haven't seen the movie, and speak only of the book. I love the way Lewis handles this. It's a quick read or reread if you've already read it and don't recall it very clearly. It deals with a lot of the questions you like to ask in a fun to read fictional context.

Am I the only one who sees the irony of someone named sarahruthbeth asking about a trinity? (sincerely not meant to offend anyone) For me, if I have trouble thinking in terms of how one can be 3 or 3 can be one I think well, I can be a daughter, a wife and a mother, but I am only one. So if one human can be 3, just imagine the possibilities of what a higher power can be. A very simplistic way of looking at it I know, however, whatever works in terms of increasing one's understanding.