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The Trinity
This doctrine, adhered to by many Christians throughout the world, refers to the existence
of three divine, distinct and separate persons in God: God the Father, God the Son and
God the Holy Spirit. It is astonishing, however, that Jesus himself never mentioned the
Trinity. He said absolutely nothing about three divine persons in a trinity. As a matter of
fact, the word "person" itself is not to be found anywhere in the Bible. The concept that
Jesus had about Allah was in no way different from the concept that all the previous
prophets had it about Him. All of them preached the oneness of God, but never the
Trinity.[1]
Jesus affirmed the tradition that had been revealed to the prophets who came before
him. "Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together,
perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, 'Which is the first
commandment of all?' Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments
is: Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with
all your strength.' This is the first commandment." (Mark 12/28-30)
Other evidence in the Bible shows that Jesus believed in only one God, not in three divine
persons in one, as in the following saying, "You shall worship the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve." (Matthew 4/10)
The doctrine of the Trinity was incorporated into the teachings of Jesus more than three
hundred years after Jesus' departure. The four Canonized Gospels do not contain any
reference to the Trinity. Neither Jesus nor his disciples taught this doctrine. Likewise,
none of the earlier great scholars or the followers of Jesus preached it. This doctrine was
established by the Nicean Council[2] after great controversies and conflict. The Council
adopted the view of the minority rather than the majority who believed in monotheism.[3]
However, when considered rationally, the concept of the Trinity is unsustainable. It
means to believe in three divine persons who are either finite or infinite. If we consider
them infinite, then there are three different infinities, three different omnipotent beings,
and consequently three different Gods. However, if we consider them finite, then neither
the Father, nor the Son, nor the Holy Ghost can be God. Indeed the concept of the Trinity
came into being as a result of falsely ascribing divinity to two "creatures", namely, Jesus
and the Holy Spirit (Gabriel). Owing to the irrationality of the doctrine of the Trinity, the
conventional response of the Church clerics is that it is a mystery beyond human