My view of Physics and God

[Gawen]

...someone...who's got his hand up your ass 

Stay away from my banana,, you...*chucklin*

[Earthling]

In response to your first post, I would suggest you do some research on the Trinity. It isn't taught in the Bible, you know, though it is very difficult to demonstrate that. The trinity was around long before Christ, and was introduced to the church through the philosophy of Plato. It certainly wasn't considered as a Christian teaching until late in the 4th century C.E.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia: "The majority of NT texts reveal God's spirit as something, not someone; this is especially seen in the parallelism between the spirit and the power of God." - (1967, Vol. XIII, p. 575)

The New Encyclopædia Britannica: "Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord' (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since." - (1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia: "The formulation 'one God in three Persons' was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective." - (1967), Vol. XIV, p. 299.

In The Encyclopedia Americana: "Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching." - (1956), Vol. XXVII, p. 294L.

The Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel: "The Platonic trinity, itself merely a rearrangement of older trinities dating back to earlier peoples, appears to be the rational philosophic trinity of attributes that gave birth to the three hypostases or divine persons taught by the Christian churches. . . . This Greek philosopher's [Plato, fourth century B.C.E.] conception of the divine trinity . . . can be found in all the ancient religions." - (Paris, 1865-1870), edited by M. Lachâtre, Vol. 2, p. 1467.

Dictionary of the Bible: "The trinity of persons within the unity of nature is defined in terms of 'person' and 'nature' which are Gk philosophical terms; actually the terms do not appear in the Bible. The trinitarian definitions arose as the result of long controversies in which these terms and others such as 'essence' and 'substance' were erroneously applied to God by some theologians." - John L. McKenzie, S.J. (New York, 1965), p. 899.

[Asmodean]

Who else here thinks Earthling is kinda' likeable..? 

[Crow]

Who else here thinks Earthling is kinda' likeable..? 

Agreed.

[Earthling]

Who else here thinks Earthling is kinda' likeable..? 

Agreed.

Here! Here! A most likeable chap . . .