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How can Christianity claim to be monotheistic if they believe in the trinity?
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It is three persons in one god, or if you have an easier time thinking of it this way, three aspects. You're not going to have all of the same personality quirks when you're dealing with your mother and when you're talking to a used car salesman who is trying to take you for a few thousand bucks. Same deal.
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First, not all in Christianity believe in a 'trinity' concept. Second, one must consider the limitations of the Hebrew language as compared to other languages like Greek or English which is much more exact in terminology. This is the problem with the Hebrew term 'echad' which has multiple meanings like 'one' in the famous 'Shema' of Deuteronomy 6:4. This term could also mean 'one and the same' like our 'together or unity; it could mean 'first' like in a sequence of importance; or it could mean 'alone' as in there is no other kind but the God kind.
But the beauty of this word in translation - 'The LORD our God, the LORD is first, or The LORD is our God, the LORD alone, or Th LORD our God, the LORD is one (unity)- without limits' - none of these limits God to a single being.
It is always best to allow the Bible to interpret itself and the 'Elohim' or 'majestic plural form of God in Genesis 1 is defined for us in John 1 as the Father and the Word who became the Son. Currently two divine beings but the promise of Scripture is that there will be billions of sons and daughters in the future God Family.
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The bottom line is, that with literally hundreds of modern day professing Christian denominations in the world today; the vast majority of whom have never read or studied The Bible -- they can't truly be thought of as being together [as one] in their wide range of beliefs or claims regarding the True God revealed in the Bible.
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Christianity revolves around the belief that Jesus is God's son and the Messiah. Their religious text is the Bible. The Jews believe that the Messiah has not yet come and follow the Torah, a religious text. Muslims believe in the teachings of Mohamed and their religious text is the Koran. They also claim to believe in the same deity as Christians and Jews, but the two often dispute this.
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What is the benefit of monotheism?
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Why did Thomas Jefferson wrote that Paul was the 'first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus'?
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