Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 122
122 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction would still remain concerning three spiritual beings as identical triplets, individually as persons, yet being one in all other respects. Another problem, which would confront the existence of hy- pothetical triplets would be their relationship with regards to worship. Would the ‘Three in One’ spiritual persons of the godhead worship one another? Would they all be the recipients of worship by their creation without there being any exercise of worship in relation to each other? Although repeated mention is made in the New Testament of Jesus Christ as worshipping ‘God the Father’ and admonishing others to do the same, no such mention has been made in relation to the Holy Ghost worshipping God the Father. Again, there has never been any attempt by Jesus as , as recorded in the New Testa- ment, to exhort others to worship him or to worship the Holy Ghost One is intrigued by this total absence of reference to worship except in relation to God the Father. Although it is a common practice among the Christians to wor- ship Jesus as as the ‘Son of God’ along with the Father, there are no recorded instances of any of the disciples of Jesus Christ as ever having worshipped him or Jesus as prompting them to do so during his sojourn on Earth. Even if he had done so, it would raise many unanswerable questions. Again the same applies to the Holy Ghost and raises the question why did the Holy Ghost not require anyone to worship him. The case where they were ‘Three in One’ in the sense that their ultimate ego or consciousness of existence was one, despite being divided into three aspects or phases, has already been examined at some length. A being of such a description cannot be