• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    But if it’s a Trinity, why are they listed separately if they’re not separate? Why make the distinction if they’re one and the same?

    Who did God send down to die for our sins? Why does Jesus have a name if he just is god? Why not call him God?

    If he is god, why is the resurrection so special? Wouldn’t you expect God to be deathless anyway?

    I’m half being difficult, half wondering what the real answers are.

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      that’s their secret, shit doesn’t have to make sense, and each branch can make up its own interpretation for the pesky details

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        Are you the same person you were 15 years ago? Your name is the same. So is your social security number. But those were assigned to you by an external party.

        You look different, feel different, act different. Are you the same person you were yesterday?

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      This is what I understood from the teachings of the Catholic Church:

      There are sacred mysteries which are not explainable by rational or scientific reasoning and thus believing in these mysteries is the catholic faith.

      So the Trinity means God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are separate and the same.

      Resurrection is special because God lived as a human, died to cleanse the sins of all humans (dying is a punishment for the sins) and his resurrection means he is really God, he cannot die and doing so he defeated death itself. Which means all humans believing in God will be able to cheat death and live eternally in paradise.

      God died for our sins because he loves humans and wants them to be free of sin.

      Trying to understand this through reason is not possible. You need faith, this is the whole shtick.

      Again this is my understanding, been a long time since I went to catechism.

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        Trying to understand this through reason is not possible. You need faith, this is the whole shtick.

        This is why I’m not religious. I believe God would have a more elegant solution.

      • Duranie@midwest.social
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        Growing up attending various Protestant churches, the basics re the Trinity was that God is the Father/Creator of everything, the Holy Spirit is essentially His spiritual form, and Jesus was His earthly human form. YMMV by denomination.

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            No, you had the right word.

            I was just making a joke because it sounds like “Cataclysm”.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Calm down, silly. Did you forget that we’re dealing with magic? Now that I’ve reminded you, everything should be fine.

    • wischi@programming.dev
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      The best analogy I’ve heard so far is that god is like water and trinity is a bit like the aggregate states liquid, solid, gas. They are the same (water) but liquid water is obviously different from ice and steam.

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      More specifically, they are not one and same. Father is not Son is not Holy Spirit, but all of them are God.

      Your questions are better answered by theologicians. I am not even a Christian, but even I know about concept of trinity. Perhaps everything about God is not meant to be comprehensible by humans. God is beyond humans after all.

    • jedi@lemm.ee
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      And don’t even get me started on all the theatrics in the Bible. I mean, why did God even bother to sneak temptation into the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve? Why put all his shady stuff on Satan’s to-do list? And let’s not forget about flooding the entire planet! To me, the Bible seems more like another epic science fiction novel, complete with a variety of plot twists and mystery elements. Really, it’s more ‘Star Trek’ than holy scripture in my eyes.