Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 115
Trinity 115 Interrelationship within Trinity When one tries to visualize the inter-relationship of the three constituents of the Christian godhead, the only possible scenarios which arise are as follows: 1. They possessed different phases or aspects of one single person. 2. They were three different persons, sharing eternity among them equally. 3. They were three persons with some of their characteristics individual, distinct, and not entirely shared by others. 4. They were three persons in one with completely similar characteristics and similar equal powers, merged with each other and with no functions separate from the other. We will consider each of these possibilities in turn. Different Phases or Aspects of One Single Person As for the first possibility there is no need to discuss it at length because there is hardly any Christian today who would believe Jesus as to be an aspect or a phase of God rather than a distinct person. Believers in Trinity insist on there being three different persons merged into one. The moment one accepts the scenario of one person having different aspects displayed simultaneously, the concept of Trinity, that is, of three gods in one, melts away into thin air, and no Trinity is left at all. Then it would be God the Father Himself who, motivated by His mercy, would die for human sins. In this case it will merely be a transient phase of the same person. Aspects