Splitting is a way for individuals to cope with conflicting emotions or thoughts by dividing them into polarized categories – all one or the other. People prone to splitting often have polarized opinions without considering complexities. This polarized viewpoint hampers growth within relationships. Splitting can wreak havoc on relationships, leading to frequent conflicts and struggle with maintaining stable connections.
This is particularly true when it comes to splitting the Singularity into three persons.
The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Stated differently, God is one in essence and three in person. These definitions express three crucial truths: (1) the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, (2) each Person is fully God, (3) there is only one God.
The problem with this is obvious once we recognize that the Bible defines a person as a distinct soul, an autonomous individual. Surely we’ve come to understand that there is no such thing as “Separate but Equal.”
The doctrine of the Trinity is not found in either the New or the Old Testaments.
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