Hello, all!
I woke up this morning thinking about some ideas I've had regarding the Trinity and thought I should post them somewhere. Like here! Forgive me if you've heard this before.
Some time ago I came across a diagram that was drawn in the Middle Ages that looked something like this (plus a few flourishes that are missing from mine):
I showed it to some acquaintances who claim to be atheists. (I say "claim" since I'm convinced it's much harder -- if not impossible -- to be a true atheist than most people think; after all, even devils, who've seen things we haven't, believe and tremble). Anyway, my atheist buddies -- especially the mathematically-minded among them -- thought this diagram utter nonsense. "How can two things be the same as a third and not be the same as each other?" they replied. So I showed them a second diagram:
And a third:
And yet another:
And though they weren't immediately sold on the idea, I'm thinking maybe some seeds were planted for later. One sows, another reaps...
In any case, I've always found these diagrams helpful, especially when combined with just one more:
Time, space, and matter, each a trinity, and all three together a trinity -- a trinity none of us can escape (at least not while we're in the body). Three things, as the Apostle Paul might put it, in which "we live, and move, and have our being." Which brings us back to the first drawing. I hope you find them helpful, too.
And that's all I have to say about that. At least for now!
I woke up this morning thinking about some ideas I've had regarding the Trinity and thought I should post them somewhere. Like here! Forgive me if you've heard this before.
Some time ago I came across a diagram that was drawn in the Middle Ages that looked something like this (plus a few flourishes that are missing from mine):
I showed it to some acquaintances who claim to be atheists. (I say "claim" since I'm convinced it's much harder -- if not impossible -- to be a true atheist than most people think; after all, even devils, who've seen things we haven't, believe and tremble). Anyway, my atheist buddies -- especially the mathematically-minded among them -- thought this diagram utter nonsense. "How can two things be the same as a third and not be the same as each other?" they replied. So I showed them a second diagram:
And a third:
And yet another:
And though they weren't immediately sold on the idea, I'm thinking maybe some seeds were planted for later. One sows, another reaps...
In any case, I've always found these diagrams helpful, especially when combined with just one more:
Time, space, and matter, each a trinity, and all three together a trinity -- a trinity none of us can escape (at least not while we're in the body). Three things, as the Apostle Paul might put it, in which "we live, and move, and have our being." Which brings us back to the first drawing. I hope you find them helpful, too.
And that's all I have to say about that. At least for now!