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“When we shall have done away with the incomprehensible jargon of the Trinitarian arithmetic, that three are one and one is three; when we shall have knocked down the artificial scaffolding, reared to mask from view the simple structure of Jesus; when, in short, we shall have unlearned everything which has been taught since his day, and got back to the pure and simple doctrines he inculcated, we shall then be truly and worthily his disciples.” Thomas Jefferson
Allah is one, he does not beget nor is he begotten and there is none like him. Surah 112
Do not say ‘Three’ Surah 4:171 No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold each god would have taken away what he had created and lorded it over the others! Surah 23:91 Allah, Mary, Jesus Surah 5:73, 75, 116
What was there in the beginning? NOTHING Chaos Love Power
NOTHING “It’s like everything is pointless if you just take a step back and look at it.”
Power "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing,“ Stephen Hawking
Love John 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
Love God / Father Holy Spirit / Counsellor Word / God / Jesus Christ / the Only Son
Love Tri - Unity united in love Three Persons
Love John 1 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Love John 1 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
What was there in the beginning? NOTHING Chaos Love Power
If God is not Trinity... Ultimate reality is not love... God is a prisoner of his transcendence... God is, at best, a distant Benefactor... Jesus is, at best, a Prophet... Jesus is, at best, our Example...
Trinity is good news... God is love and we are invited