The Bible Teaches the Trinity, namely, God is three Persons

The Trinity violates logicFirst, the doctrine of the Trinity is illogical since it violates transitive property of equality which is if a=b and b=c then a=c. In the case of the Trinity The Father = God and The Son = God, but The Father =/= The Son (John 14:28). If anyone believes Christianity is a reasonable/logical religion they must give up the Trinity. John 20:28John also wrote "No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known. " (ESV John 1:18). If Jesus was god then someone, in fact many would have seen God, but this clearly shows no one has ever seen God. Also, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. " (ESV John 30:17). This is after Jesus's resurrection, and he refers the the Father as "my God". If Jesus was God then he certainly would not refer to someone as his God. "Thomas had said (John 20:25) that unless something happened he would 'not believe. ' What was it that Thomas refused to believe? Was it that he refused to believe that Jesus was equally God with the Father? There is certainly no hint of this before or after Thomas’ statement at John 20:28. " [1] "If the disciples had learned, upon seeing the resurrected Jesus, that he was God, certainly they would have indicated this! But notice, neither before nor after receiving Holy Spirit (John 20:22) did they kneel or do any act of worship such as one would certainly do upon coming aware of being in the presence of God! " [1]Also, "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. " (ESV John 20:30-31). John didn't write that Jesus was God, but rather the Son of God. Jesus is not Omniscient nor eternal In Matthew 24:36 it says "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. " (ESV) This shows there is something the son does not know, and since God is omniscient, knowing everything, this proves Jesus can not be God. "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. " (ESV Col. 1:15). If Jesus was created then he could not be eternal. Concluding, since Jesus is not omniscient or eternal then he can not be God. God and the Heavenly CourtIn referring to Gen. 1:26 The New Oxford Annotated Bible says "The plural ‘us,’ ‘our’. .. probably refers to the divine beings who compose God’s heavenly court [2]" Now addressing creation. As noted earlier Jesus was the firstborn of all creation, and Revelation 3:14 says Jesus was there at the beginning of creation. God then made the rest of creation through Jesus. An excellent example is "Suppose the one all-powerful ruler of the land decided to build a nice little palace out in the wilderness. He sends for his servant, the Master Worker, and commands him to build that palace. The King provides whatever materials are necessary for the Master Worker and tells him in great detail exactly how he wants it built. The Master Worker sends for the chief stone mason, the chief carpenter, the chief artist, etc. , tells them what their assignments are, and oversees their work. It is clear that the king built the palace through his servant the Master Worker. It was at the command (and because of the will) of the King that the palace was created through the Master Worker (also through the stone mason, through the carpenter, etc. ). This does not mean the King and his servant both together, somehow, make up a mysterious two-in-one King! " [2]. Concluding, a correct understanding of the verses, shows this does not sufficiently decide that God is a Trinity. Who is the Savior? To answer the seeming trinity problem of both God and Jesus being described as the savior is answered in John 3:17 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. "(ESV). The world is saved by Jesus by authority of God. It is like the President and a diplomat. The President is the chief diplomat but they have given authority to a diplomat the same power to negotiate. So, when a treaty is negotiated by the diplomat then it is really enforced by the President who has the source of authority. In this case God is the President and Jesus is the diplomat (savior), and Jesus make a deal with mankind for salvation by authority of God. Concluding, this does not sufficiently decide that God is a Trinity. Prayers to JesusI would like to see my opponent's source(s) for this section. The "me" in this verse is disputed in fact it is not in ASV; CBW; Darby; GNV; JB; KJ21; KJV; MLB; NEB; REB; NKJV; LB; MKJV (Green); NLV; RSV;WEB; WE; or Young’s versions. "The Sahidic Coptic text (2nd/3rd century) . .. it does not have "me" at John 14:14" [3]. God AND JesusTitus 2:13. "looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great King and Queen, Elizabeth" I changed God to King, Savior to Queen, and Jesus to Elizabeth. Now if you read it it is obvious the and does not mean the two are the same person this goes for the original words too. This also applies 2Peter 1:1. Concluding, this does not sufficiently decide that God is a Trinity. Other Verses"Therefore God has highly exalted him [Jesus] and bestowed on him the name that is above every name," (ESV Philippians 2:9) This makes a distinction between God and Jesus by having one exalt the other. "And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. " (ESV John 17:3) This shows Jesus was sent by God and is not God. Sources[1] . http://goo.gl...[2] . http://goo.gl...[3] . http://goo.gl...