July 4, 2004

  • Ahh, the trinity. You know, I've always had a rather unfortunate view of the trinity. For me, God is very logical. He is the perfect being that sets up our logic, he makes sense in every way. This perception has served me well, always enforcing my faith. The trinity is something I never quite got though. Don't get me wrong, I've always believed God to be three persons: at first because everyone else did, and after because scripture dictates it. But putting scripture aside, I could never understand it, it never really made sense. People call it the 'mystery' of God, the Roman Catholic Church even looks at that mysterious aspect of it as a positive; I've always wondered though.


    I think the idea that's running through my mind now began a couple weeks ago, while reading Mere Christianity. This morning at church it was becoming clearer. It all pivots on this: love is the highest virtue. This doesn't really need to be defended much, it is clear in scripture (the ancients called it charity). Secondly, God's perfection does not depend upon his creation. If God had never created an intelligent being (as ridiculous as that is to say) he would still be perfect.


    What this all means is that God himself must be comprised of more then one person, so that his love can exist apart from creation: so he can be perfect. A singular God would be imperfect. It's quite an amazing revelation for me.


    This is where Lewis comes in. What got me thinking about all this in the first place was his (or probably someone else’s) view of the persons of the trinity. He said that the father beget the son, and that the perfect loving relationship between the two took on a personality itself: being the spirit. So, the virtue of love is exemplified in God by the father begetting the son, and this love created the spirit. Ok, well, I still don't get the love making the spirit bit completely, but it is intriguing.

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  • ooo.. very cool way of looking at it. i like that a lot..

    i remember when my dad was down here, and we got talking about the trinity.. he said he's starting to see it like God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as a mother figure..(because He moves people, He's the comforter, etc..) so it sets up the perfect family outline, displayed in God.. of course, with the primary "glue", i guess, that holds it all together.. being love. then he went on to say how Jesus always said to pray to the Father.. never to Him.. because the Father is still the head, the authority.. although all parts are equal..

    *shurgs*  

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