MAGILL
<< > When Jesus says that He and the Father are one. He uses the greek word
> for one in number not one in essence. This former is a greater rendering
> of the meaning of the word one than the latter merely in essence.
>
> Triunity = 1x1x1=1
>
> Trinity= 1+1+1= 3
>
> In HIS GRIP, >>
DARREL
I'll save Tod Billings some typing and repost his excellent post
(directed
at Dave C.) where he dealt with this 1x1x1= nonsense:
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TOD
Don't get me wrong... but you suck in
math!! You just aren't going to grasp the concept of
multiplication are you?
...I will try to explain.
2x3 is the same as saying 2 three times or: 2+2+2=6.
It can also be expressed as 3 two times or: 3+3=6.
This is not of course the same as 2+3 which of course equals 5.
1x1 or 1 one time. there is nothing there to add one to. That is
why 1x1 is equal to one. When you say 1x1x1=1 as you do,
you don't seem to realize that the third 1 is redundant. You
could have a million 1's and it still is equal only to 1. There are
not three separate things being combined into one as in the
case of the trinity, there is only 1 character in the whole
equation, that of 1.
Another way to look at it.
2x1=2 right? 2x1x1 is still =2 right?
2x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1=2, right? So how many different
characters are you really working with here, no matter how
many ones you add? This isn't a trick question. Yep, it's 2!!!
See how the one is redundant? When you say 2x1x1x1 you
are saying 2 one time, 2 one time, 2 one time. You are just
repeating yourself! same as 1x1x1, your favorite equation. It
is saying 1 one time, 1 one time. It is not any different than
1x1, which is still only one character, but there are only two
characters representing the one in this case. In yours, you
want to apply Father, Son, and Holy Ghost into the place of
each of the ones, but if 1x1x1 is the same as 1x1, then you are
saying that Father, Son, and Holy Ghost = Father and Son.
What happened to the Holy Ghost? Or, since you apply them
all to the same number of 1, you can interchange them and get
the Holy Ghost and Jesus = Holy Ghost, Jesus, and the Father,
in that way leaving out the big daddy. Your equation allows
one of the trinity members to be dropped. The only equation
that can give the answer that fits the trinity is 1+1+1=1, and we
all know that this equation is invalid!
--Tod Billings
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D.