Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 117
Trinity 117 sight or hearing temporarily or permanently, but he would still be the same living man. The death of a faculty is, in fact, a partial death of the same person. In the ultimate analysis, the loser or sufferer remains the same individual entity. Different Persons Sharing Eternity If the elements of the Christian godhead were three different persons sharing eternity simultaneously, the question would arise as to their internal relationship. If they were eternally three persons making up one god, they have to have their own inde- pendent egos, so that the suffering of one, if he could suffer, would be his own personal experience. The others could sympa- thise with him, but could not actually participate in and share the suffering. Of course it is almost impossible to imagine the thought mechanism and decision-making processes of God, but the claim that He is actually three persons moulded into one justifies an effort to interrelate the three independent thought processes. One possible scenario, which arises, is that of a human child born with three heads. This enormity can be referred to as a single person by virtue of there being only one trunk and four limbs, but three heads do present a problem of describing their true nature. If such freaks of nature live long enough to be able to speak and express themselves only then can we enquire as to what is happening inside the three different heads. In the absence of such knowledge, however, to declare them to be one person sharing three minds or three persons sharing one body is not possible.