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zarathustra wrote: The

Submitted by razorphreak on January 11, 2008 - 1:09am.

zarathustra wrote:
The doctrine of the trinity remains an ambiguous topic. There are some ongoing discussions about the role jesus plays in the trinity (1,2); I am seeking clarification on some other points of trinitarian confusion, primarily in regard to the 3rd member.

Interesting to see you post this.  Haven't seen you post something new like this in a while...

zarathustra wrote:
What exactly does the holy spirit do, which cannot be accomplished by the father and son?

First I'm going to assume we are talking about only the Christian definition of "holy spirit" and not the [non-Christian] Mormon definition or Jehovah Witness version either.

Off that assumption, the "holy spirit" is not a separate entity by definition of the Trinity.  Based on your opening statement though, it seems like you might not understand what the Trinity is exactly so before it goes any further really, what do you understand the Trinity to be?

I did want to add I don't understand questions like this since they typically end up back to the whole "but your belief is stupid so na-na na-na na-na na" meaning if you are asking because you really want to know and not insult, the discussion can be reasonable.

My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. You, however, smear me with lies...(Job 13)

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