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Other faiths believe that Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one being. Therefore, they are all I Am.
by Glenn Blaylock on January 18th, 2005
Jesus Himself Said so...(John 8:58) Actually the whole chapter sounds like a Debate on here...lol.
by Anonymous on October 22nd, 2005
In the Catholic religion we believe in the trinity, God-Jesus-Holy Spirit. They are 3 separate beings that have come together to form One Great Being. It is kind of like a corporation. You have a Board of Directors that runs the corporation and that Board is made of many different people, yet together they make decisions and pass down rules. Sometimes you will hear someone say "Well the Board says.....". The Trinity is much the same way. They are like the Board of Directors for Heaven and Earth. Separate yet they come together to be One.
by Anonymoose on February 14th, 2007
Actually, Sexy_in_my_mind, that sounds more like our definition of the Godhead than my understanding of yours. The individual board members do not loose their individuality in coming together to form the board. That is, they don't stop being entirely separate individuals. This is pretty much how we view the Godhead. They are three separate distinct individuals who work together toward the same purpose. However, it my understanding of Catholic doctrine that you don't actually believe that Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are separate individuals. Rather they are different aspects of a single entity. So, the analogy of a Board of Directors really isn't an apt analogy for your concept of God. Please don't take this as trying to be disrespectful of your beliefs. I an not trying to be that. Also, if I have misstated your church's beliefs about God, then please feel free to correct me. I don't want to misrepresent what others believe.
by Glenn Blaylock on September 30th, 2007
Hi Glenn. That was always kind of my understanding of what the Church was trying to teach us about the trinity. For the life of me I couldn't tell you exactly what our doctrine says on the subject of the trinity. But from what I remember from my teachings early on that is how I had understood it to be. Perhaps I just had a bad teacher.
by Anonymoose on October 1st, 2007
Catholicism, as in all trinitarian Christianity, teaches that God is three persons in one being. Mormonism, as I understand it, teaches that the trinity is three gods who decided to band together to form a divinity.
by JohnDough on April 8th, 2008
JohnDough,
You’ve sort of got it. What we actually teach is that our Heavenly Father has untold numbers of children, among whom are all of us and, yes, Jehovah (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Ghost. We don’t know exactly what constitutes a “god” (as opposed to an angel, a spirit, etc.), but we do know that whatever it means, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost each meet the criteria.
In short, Latter-day Saint beliefs are basic henotheistic Christianity: the three Gods you speak of didn’t “decide to band together”; the Father had a Plan, the Son and the Holy Ghost were asked to take part in that Plan. It’s less like a Board of Directors and more like an Almighty CEO that has appointed Others as His uncontested Agents.
Make sense?
by the Otter on April 14th, 2008
yes. Thanks.
by Anonymoose on April 14th, 2008
Good explanation, Otter. It should be part of a separate answer so that i can rate it up.
by Glenn Blaylock on April 14th, 2008
Then the word God can be any divine being, not just limited to Our Father. Its no wonder that there is no special word for Our Father, as you have given His Name to Jesus, as in Jehovah Jesus Christ. Does the Bible teach this view? Or does this view come from the added books from the Mormon teaching and revelations?
by DudeLer on May 19th, 2008
This is one of the areas where there is a significant amount of room for debate as to just what the Bible says. In many places we see Father, Son, and Holy Ghost described as one God. However, in other places we have the referred to separately. The most notable of these cases is Jesus' baptism where we have manifestations of all three members of the Godhead.
by Glenn Blaylock on May 19th, 2008
try this on for size..I Cor.10;2-4.."And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." Yep, that is from the Bible. Jesus and Jehovah are one and the same. Elohim is the Father of Jehovah/Jesus...whew4
by whew4 on February 23rd, 2009
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BullChips on this answer! It so wrong on so many points that I don't know where to begin or end.
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by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 3rd, 2009