tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3729126862413838594..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Is Gen 1 about who made the world rather than how it was made?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-74768091378909465732018-06-04T08:56:00.768-04:002018-06-04T08:56:00.768-04:00Using pronouns for God is unavoidable. The third-p...Using pronouns for God is unavoidable. The third-person masculine singular can have either of two emphases:<br /><br />i) It can emphasize the uniqueness of the Deity. Just one example, unlike polytheism.<br /><br />ii) It can emphasize that the Deity is masculine–compared to heathen goddesses. <br /><br />In other words, it can be a statement of gender as well as, or rather than, number. In a world where people believed in gods and goddesses, it is necessary to rule out Yahweh as a goddess!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-35434585219542556262018-06-04T08:50:01.879-04:002018-06-04T08:50:01.879-04:00"God manifests HIMSELF in the Father, the Son..."God manifests HIMSELF in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."<br /><br />It's a misleading formulation. The problem is less with the pronoun than the verb, which has moralistic connotations.<br /><br />In fairness, there's nothing necessarily modalistic about divine "manifestation" language. A theophany is typically defined as a "manifestation" of God's presence. <br /><br />And, of course, everything we know about God is based on God's self-revelation. "Manifestation" and "revelation" can be synonymous.<br /><br />However, many laymen do oscillate between a more tritheistic understanding and a more moralistic understanding. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-53981673837101604952018-06-04T06:22:52.023-04:002018-06-04T06:22:52.023-04:00Steve,
I did some studying and I now realize that...Steve,<br /><br />I did some studying and I now realize that Jesus Christ is the same One God with the Father. However, I am still having trouble wrapping my head around how we can call the One God a "He" without making reference to one individual person at a time. I know you say it doesn't matter, but I am close to accepting your view so please help me out. I notice sometimes people say that "God manifests HIMSELF in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." Would you agree that that is a fourth person of the Trinity, and semi-modalistic?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421648159077919094noreply@blogger.com