Sure no probelmo. I'll explain what he is saying once more.See this post,
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It is necessary here to distinguish between the terms "being" and "person." It would be a contradiction, obviously, to say that there are three beings within one being, or three persons within one person. So what is the difference? [/FONT]
what James is saying is that 3 in one is not a contradiction because the 3 are persons and the one is a being. He is saying that it would only be a contradiction if the 3 were beings and the one is a being, or if the 3 are persons and the one is a person. Ignoring the fact that a person is a being.
Jameswhite said:[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We clearly recognize the difference between being and person every day. We recognize what something is, yet we also recognize individuals within a classification. For example, we speak of the "being" of man---human being. A rock has "being"---the being of a rock, as does a cat, a dog, etc. Yet, we also know that there are personal attributes as well. That is, we recognize both "what" and "who" when we talk about a person.[/FONT]
Now he is saying that a persons is a what and a who, or man, further on he includes god and angels as persons. He is saying that a being, like a rock or a cat is just a what, cause it has no personal attributes..
http://vintage.aomin.org/trinitydef.htmljamewhite said:[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Bible tells us there are three classifications of personal beings---God, man, and angels. What is personality? The ability to have emotion, will, to express oneself. Rocks cannot speak. Cats cannot think of themselves over against others, and, say, work for the common good of "cat kind." Hence, we are saying that there is one eternal, infinite being of God ( a what 2dl), shared fully and completely by three persons (3 whos 2dl), Father, Son and Spirit. One what, three who's.[/FONT]
Now he changes his story and says the infinite being of God is just one what or a rock or cat like being that has no personal attributes. Previously he said God was a what and a who.
Now he expands his list of persons to include God and angels. And he is saying that God is a what (a being like a rock or a cat that has no personal attributes) shared by three whos (father ,son and holy ghost). So that means, according to his definition of a person as being a what and a who, that God the Father isn't a person but just the personal attribute portion of a person, , and God is the other part of the personal being, thus god + God the Father et. al. =God. So in summation he is saying god is a god (a what)+ 3 personal attributes, and God is a what and a who. He denies that god has any personality, and says that God has a personality, and denies that a person of god is a person. He is saying that God the Father is a personal attribute of God, not a person of god. so it's 3 personal attributes of God, not the 3 persons of God.
Now you can explain all the big words like you said you wanted to.
Quite honestly, I think you guys should be hiding this explanation of Trinity by James White. If t his is the best your top scholars can come up with, and it must be cause you guys are ooohing and ahhhing over it, then you best not try and explain it at all. James should have tooken his own advice as stated in the same source of his.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Jesus cannot be analyzed and calculated. But whoever speaks of him in human words is entering into the realm of "rational" speech. There is no unique language for the realm of the incalculable and the "irrational." Thus, where we express "eschatological history," the origin and the goal, God's reality in the man Jesus, our language collapses; it becomes paradoxical. We could also say that our language then expresses awe. It says those things which leave men "speechless." Its terms are not then a means for grasping but rather for making known that we have been grasped. It is not then a form of mastery, but testimony to the overpowering experience which has come upon man."[23][/FONT]
http://vintage.aomin.org/CHALC.html
So like ole James says, you shouldn't use human words to descibe Jesus. Wonder why he does then? So best bet is just say "Trinity can't be explain and don't ask me (that is you) to explain it just believe it and don't try an figure it out cause it can't be explained with human words. our top scholar told us so. so now let me explain it."
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