{"id":7892,"date":"2026-03-14T22:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:17:03","slug":"trinity-merry-go-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7892","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;TRINITY&#8217; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; MERRY-GO-ROUND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The &#8216;trinity&#8217; merry-go-round spins so fast, perpetual motion, risk of flying off the &#8216;salvation&#8217; mgr&#8212;or getting kicked off for questioning &#8216;trinity&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does salvation have an exclusive connection to the &#8216;trinity&#8217; mgr ?&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evangelism&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; essential ?&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; helpful ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discipleship&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; essential ?&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; helpful ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is &#8216;trinity&#8217; good for ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is &#8216;trinity&#8217; essential for ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>? &#8211; Always done it this way ?&#8212;<br>NO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Everybody does it this way ?&#8212;<br>YES ? Maybe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Everybody believes it this way ?&#8212;YES ? Maybe not&#8212;We&#8217;re made to think YES&#8212;because &#8216;trinity&#8217; is a continuously, casually, automatically repeated assumption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Everybody understands &#8216;trinity&#8217; is true ?&#8212;<br>NO&#8212;NOBODY understands &#8216;trinity&#8217;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; &#8216;trinity&#8217; explains God better than the Bible ?&#8212;<br>NO&#8212;what a joke !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Circular explanations using man-made words ?&#8212;<br>Go round and round<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Describing God in human terms ?&#8212;<br>Go round and round<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; Quickly mired in quicksand of created vocabulary that requires more explanation, and more explanation, and more explanation (everybody has to add theirs) ?&#8212;<br>Go round and round<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Who made the mgr ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got to keep it going&#8212;WHY ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everybody&#8217;s on board&#8212;everybody who is anybody is on board with the &#8216;trinity &#8216;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Response to anyone questioning &#8216;trinity&#8217;&#8212;<br>Make the claim that &#8220;They reject Jesus&#8217; divinity&#8221;&#8212;Such extremism is easier to dismiss than questioning the value of &#8216;trinity&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In everything I read, &#8216;trinity&#8217; explains God, to understand God better (OH?)<br>&#8212;Attempt to understand God sounds very dangerous.<br>&#8212;God explains God, for us to read and trust and believe, not add.<br>&#8212;Seems this verse applies:<br>&#8220;Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.&#8221;&#8212;including your theology, as written by God Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Did God really say&#8221; enough about Himself, clearly enough without our additions ?<br>His Word says it is VERY DANGEROUS to add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve never heard or read a rational, logical, spiritual, Biblical questioning of the &#8216;trinity&#8217;&#8212;so I started writing about it on AWordforThought.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I propose the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RANDOM SURVEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello, I&#8217;m conducting a survey for research.<br>Could I ask you four questions ?<br>No pressure.<br>No agenda.<br>You can ask me questions at the end if you wish.<br>-1- Are you a Christian ?<br>-2- Have you heard of the trinity ?<br>-3- Does trinity have anything to do with becoming a Christian ?<br>-4- Last question&#8212;answer is optional&#8212;then you can ask me&#8212;<br>(4) How do you become a Christian ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;trinity&#8217; merry-go-round spins so fast, perpetual motion, risk of flying off the &#8216;salvation&#8217; mgr&#8212;or getting kicked off for questioning &#8216;trinity&#8217;. Does salvation have an exclusive connection to the &#8216;trinity&#8217; mgr ?&#8212; Evangelism&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; essential ?&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; helpful ? Discipleship&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; essential ?&#8212;is &#8216;trinity&#8217; helpful ? What is &#8216;trinity&#8217; good for ? 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