The Trinity Doctrine: Three Different Persons, All Equally God, All the Same God

Hello, and thanks for accepting! I am going to go a bit out of order and post my arguments first, and then move on to refuting your arguments. Point 1: THE FATHER IS GOD The Bible teaches this clearly. John 17:3--- "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee THE ONLY TRUE GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." Isaiah 42:8--- "I AM the Lord, that is My name; and My glory will I not give to another, nor My praise to graven images." I think we will both agree that there are far more scripture to back this, so I will not post any more for the sake of space. If you would like me to, I can in later arguments. Point 2: THE SON IS GOD Many verses in the Bible make this clear. Take these for example. 1 Tim. 3:16--- "Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory." John 10:30--- "I [Jesus] and the Father are one." John 20:28--- "Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!'" John 1:1-5--- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 17:10--- "All I [Jesus] have is yours [The Father's], and all you have is mine. And my glory is shown through them." I can post more verses In later arguments if you would like. For now, however, I thnik this will suffice. Point 3: THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD This is also clearly taught in the Bible. Acts 5:3-4--- "Peter said, "Ananias, why did you let Satan rule your thoughts to LIE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT and to keep for yourself part of the money you received for the land? Before you sold the land, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this? YOU LIED TO GOD, NOT TO US!" 2 Cor. 3:17--- "The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." Matt. 12:31-32--- "So I tell you, people can be forgiven for every sin and everything they say against God. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, now or in the future." (http://www.lifetalk.net...) Here you can read about how the Spirit share all of the same attributes of God. Point 4: THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD "You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other" (Deuteronomy 4:35) "There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God" (1 Samuel 2:2) "How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears" (2 Samuel 7:22) "So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other" (1 Kings 8:60) "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me" (Isaiah 45:5) (http://www.wcg.org...) I think this is all that need be said on this matter. These scriputers show that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all God, yet there is only one God. Now to your arguements... First of all I would like to point out that you copied and pasted your arguments from the following website: (http://answers.yahoo.com...). This site uses Matthew 19:16-17. In this passage Jesus appears to say that He is not good, but only God is good. This, however, is not the case.When He says... "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good." ...He is simply asking the man if he knows to whom he is speaking. Christians recognize God an=s the only one who is truly good, so Jesus was asking him this, He was more saying "you do know who you are talking to, right?". Rather then denying His diety in this passage, He was comfirming it. This site also quotes John 5:30, which reads: John 5:30--- "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me." In this passage Jesus is not saying that He can do nothing at all, rather He is saying that here on earth, He was doing His Father's bidding. He came to earth to accomplish the will of the Father, and that was that Jesus die on the cross. In another passage He says: Luke 22:42--- "saying, 'Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.'" Jesus is by no means saying that He can do nothing of his own accord. If He was, it would contradict all of the above passages saying that He is God. Mark 12:29--- "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." This passage could be added onto my list of verses that prove there is but one God. This is true. There is only one God, but this one God exists in three equal persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Thanks! Renzzy