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The above is a non-sequitur since it has nothing to do with what I posted. Plus, your wording above seemingly indicates that you're asserting that I'm not a Christian. Am I reading you right?
Look at it this way: the Nicene Creed says "...of one being with the Father..." The three Persons are not "one being." The Son and HS are of one being with the Father. I think you're conflating "God" with "Father." While the Father is God, God is not only the Father, because God is expressed in community, not in particularity.
I think Trinity is one way of understanding God from a given perspective.
OK, now let's see if I understand it. So "of one being" doesn't mean one being. Right?
I brought up Mary's virginity before she gave birth to Jesus as an example of what people may or may not believe, and so I wonder what you may believe about that. Because some people claiming to be Christian or Jew really don't care what the Bible says, or they don't care to examine it. Yet they claim to be a Christian, Jew, or another religion using the Bible as somewhat of a reference or base for whatever they like to believe I suppose.
You’re conflating “being” with “person,” as in a single human being. But yes. The distinct Persons are distinct, but they share the same essence of divinity.
is Jehovah one of the persons ?
You tell me. It depends on who you think "Jehovah" is. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
does it say that in the bible ''God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit'' ?
Yes. Each Person is referred to as God in the Bible.
No, I wasn't. I understood your point that "of one being" doesn't mean one being. Or so I thought. Maybe the three persons you think are spoken of in the Bible, each and all equal to the other, more or less, although some sway the son is always in subjection to the Father, are OF one being, but are three persons. (I guess the three persons are NOT three beings??)
Yes I know. It was a badly-worded response. Sorry! Problem is, "being" carries more than one connotation. There is no direct translation for the Greek homoousion. "Being" is an English approximation. "Essence" or "substance" is also used, and is also an approximation. Each Person of the Trinity is a particular being. Each Person shares the same essence. That essence is Divinity.
ah, so your answer is no
No, my answer is yes. The Trinidadian formula is found in the texts.
actually i asked you to show ''God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit'' you answered a different question
Why does it have to be that exact wording? There are several ways of saying the same thing, you know. The Bible speaks of all three Persons as God. The Trinitarian formula is found in several places in the Bible. The Church Fathers didn’t come up with the doctrine out of whole cloth for misleading and sinister purposes. They formulated it because the Bible says that these three are God.
Ok I see your point. For one thing, let's start at the very beginning. So, according to you and the trinity doctrine, there were three persons, each a separate being, always alive, with no Creator, all without a beginning, is that right? Let's see if we can look at it that way for a moment.
actually trinitarian gods where around a long time before it was adapted by so called Christians . its not something that was discovered or even invented by anyone that believed in Jesus .
I'm sure you know what Elohim (often translated as God) means. It doesn't always refer to the father, son, or holy spirit. Now Jesus, being the Son of God, knew what it meant and how to apply it in context.