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He is his God’s supreme agent / representative.

As the trinitarian scholar Colin Brown pointed out, “To be called Son of God in the Bible means that you are not God.” The key here is the phrase in the Bible.

There is only one God. His.

The Son of God is functionally equal with God.

Did you know that chainsaws are connected with childbirth? History that deserves to be remembered.

I would be greatly surprised if anyone does. It’s wholly antithetical to the attitude of Jesus, the apostles and the early church.

Not enough information provided to make a determination.

There are good and bad reasons to “switch” religions. I would characterize “fashionable” as an exceedingly bad reason.

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, CSB) When you read this passage do you hear “For [the Trinity, or the Triune God] loved the world in this way: …”?

They believe Jesus is; they believe - at least in some cases (ex. Muhammad) - that theirs is not. Mugs, it seems, are in the eyes of the beholder. It comes down to faith. I / we have faith in the testimony of the witnesses of the resurrection of the Messiah. They don’t.

The Messiah’s one God is only one self / person.

Do you see Jesus, the apostles and the early church using Inquisition techniques and turning unrepentant people over to the state for imprisonment, punishment and execution in scripture?

God himself communicates with us using language we can understand.

I understand your position. What I’m asking about is an alternate position held by some trinitarians. I don’t think it matters. I’m still uncertain whether or not you think it does. One theory about how many selves the Trinity is is as good as another as far as I’m concerned. Trinity...

Thanks, but that doesn’t resolve the issue I asked about.

So why do some trinitarians say only one? We were able to agree on the general principle that truth matters. Is the truth about the Trinity being only 1 self or being 3 selves knowable?

I’m not sure what you have in mind but your title for the thread prompted me to think about Abraham, who lived as an alien resident in the land of promise (Hebrews 11:9). I don’t think any of your points are applicable to him.

Thanks. What bearing does that have on whether or not the Trinity is 1 self or 3 selves?

What does that mean?