It is not a discussion about the Mystery of human sexuality but instead a very affectionate proclamation of a trinitarian belief. He offers no scriptures to support it and It is not a mystery that it is of pagan origin. Difficult to listen to as he tries to force the Trinity so hard on listeners
This is a funny claim given that Unitarianism is unique to human tradition and not found in the OT, which consistently portrays at least two different YHWH figures, and which is the basis of the Memra theology statement in John 1:18 that no one has seen God except through God Monogenes. It's Unitarianism that comes from paganism, being of the very many versions of monism produced by ascetic theology. Notably, even the Shema doesn't describe YHWH as a monad via it's use of echad. Echad has is open interpretation and can only be defined by how YHWH is portrayed in the bible. YHWH is portrayed as multiple (at least 2). The reason he doesn't give scripture for the Trinity is because this is a scientific discussion, not because the scriptural evidence doesn't exist.
In John 1:1 in greek there is a distinction: „word was with THE god and the word was god” without an article. It does not mean equality of person in ancient greek as many scholars point out. If someone understands god as God Almighty then according to Psalm 82:6 all men are equal to God Almighty and a part of Him. In Colossians 1:15-17 you read why in the Old Testament God talks to someone after creation - it was Jesus who was created first and then helped with creation. This lecture has little to do with science, it is a purely philosophical dispute, based on philosophical doctrines and dogmas. The theory of eternal creation was created to support the doctrine of Trinity and if Jesus was supossedly created eternally then all things created „by means of him” would have to be eternally created also. Where is the proof for that reasoning? Besides Jesus never said he was equal with God the Father and many times said otherwise. If they are as twins why did he use Father/Son relation with obvious differences of age and power? Trinity was not even the case before many decades after the death of Jesus.
Thank you for posting Dr. Garcia’s lecture.
Keep up the good work
Filioque was never part of the creed.
It is not a discussion about the Mystery of human sexuality but instead a very affectionate proclamation of a trinitarian belief. He offers no scriptures to support it and It is not a mystery that it is of pagan origin.
Difficult to listen to as he tries to force the Trinity so hard on listeners
This is a funny claim given that Unitarianism is unique to human tradition and not found in the OT, which consistently portrays at least two different YHWH figures, and which is the basis of the Memra theology statement in John 1:18 that no one has seen God except through God Monogenes.
It's Unitarianism that comes from paganism, being of the very many versions of monism produced by ascetic theology. Notably, even the Shema doesn't describe YHWH as a monad via it's use of echad. Echad has is open interpretation and can only be defined by how YHWH is portrayed in the bible. YHWH is portrayed as multiple (at least 2).
The reason he doesn't give scripture for the Trinity is because this is a scientific discussion, not because the scriptural evidence doesn't exist.
In John 1:1 in greek there is a distinction: „word was with THE god and the word was god” without an article. It does not mean equality of person in ancient greek as many scholars point out.
If someone understands god as God Almighty then according to Psalm 82:6 all men are equal to God Almighty and a part of Him.
In Colossians 1:15-17 you read why in the Old Testament God talks to someone after creation - it was Jesus who was created first and then helped with creation.
This lecture has little to do with science, it is a purely philosophical dispute, based on philosophical doctrines and dogmas. The theory of eternal creation was created to support the doctrine of Trinity and if Jesus was supossedly created eternally then all things created „by means of him” would have to be eternally created also. Where is the proof for that reasoning? Besides Jesus never said he was equal with God the Father and many times said otherwise. If they are as twins why did he use Father/Son relation with obvious differences of age and power? Trinity was not even the case before many decades after the death of Jesus.