Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 128
128 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction mony and as such they can only be treated as ‘Three Gods in Three’ and not ‘Three Gods in One’. Again if it is proposed that the Trinity is similar to the case of a single person with different organic functions, all combined in one, then of course Unity can be retained but not Trinity. Here we are not discussing a person with different organic functions but three entirely identical persons, each performing similar functions yet retaining its individuality. What is being discussed presents the case of a single person with different organs. So far there is noth- ing illogical about it. But when the organs are treated as persons in their own right and at the same time they are believed to constitute a personality which in its totality is one, then the confines of logic are breached and the whole discussion becomes unacceptable. Indeed organs have their individuality, but their individuality is only a component of a larger personality, which not only comprises this one organ but also other organs. All such organs together within a man are called ‘man’ in its totality. Of course some organs perform relatively minor functions and man can remain a man without them, but only with imperfection. A perfect man must possess all organs that are commonly possessed by a human being and the sum total of these organs would make him a perfect man. If we take the case of a man called Paul, one cannot say that since the liver, heart, lungs and kidneys of Paul have individuality with specific functions to perform, they are distinct persons completely identifiable with Paul. Complete identification can only be possible if, say, the kidneys function exactly like Paul in his totality and the same can be said of his other organs. That