The trinity is a false teaching

1) God says he is the one and only - I believe my opponent is missing the purpose of this contention. It is to show that GOD HIMSELF (according to believers of the bible) has stated that there is no other. Not that, 3 things can't be one. But since you've done this.. I guess I can refute this point also. God and Jesus or Jesus and the Holy Spirit are either present at the same time or are talking to one another in certain parts of the bible. You attack this, basically, by saying water can be gas, liquid, or a solid. True, but only 2 or 3 different elements of water can be Solid, Gas, or Liquid at the same time. And the bible preaches that there is only 1!! Meaning, if they are to be three into one, they can't both be present at the same time or talking to each other because that makes there be more than one....The best conclusion in this is that there is only ONE GOD (LIKE HE SAYS) and the others are merely created by him (meaning they're under him). ============================================================================ 2) Bible writers would make it clear that they are all one -Christ: any expected deliverer The word christ originated before JESUS Christ was born. It simply means the messenger. God is the messenger of the word to his people, so he was referenced to accordingly. It doesn't say JESUS Christ, just Christ. ============================================================================ 3) No one else in the bible is called the ALMIGHTY -The argument you made against this fits with the 5th contention, not this one. You have not made an argument against this contention, so i'll extend this out in hopes of getting your answer in a later round? ============================================================================ 4) God couldn't be tempted to join a cause against himself Jesus is spoken of as being "tempted by the Devil." After showing Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory," Satan said: "All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me." (Matthew 4:8, 9) Satan was trying to cause Jesus to be disloyal to God. But what test of loyalty would that be if Jesus were God? Could God rebel against himself? No, but angels and humans could rebel against God and did. The temptation of Jesus would make sense only if he was, not God, but a separate individual who had his own free will, one who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as an angel or a human. On the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself. "Perfect is his activity . . . A God of faithfulness, . . . righteous and upright is he." (Deuteronomy 32:4) So if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted.—James 1:13. Not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal. But he remained faithful, saying: "Go away, Satan! For it is written, 'It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.'"—Matthew 4:10. Jesus was tempted to turn against God (meaning he was suppose to revolt against God and God's cause). Now, how can someone join a war against something that he is? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! YOU CAN'T. If you join the other side, that's what you are... the other side. You can't in turn lead something against yourself [...] if you're not there anymore! That's what this is saying. ============================================================================ 5) Jesus being God would be counterproductive to his cause (the argument you made against this, changes it into a completely different creation, so i've turned it into contention 6) But what I can do is refute the arguments you made against my 3rd contention, in this one (because this is where it fits) < >"As a major part of his teaching ministry was to teach humility it would not have been wise to refer to Himself as 'God Almighty'.He is, however, explicit, in aligning Himself with God the Father." Now, how is it not wise to refer to himself as God, but then to: (A) Refer to God as his father and saying God is the ONLY true God (B) Talk to God while he was on the cross and tell him to forgive the people who've betrayed him (C) Ask God why God has "forsaken" him while he was on the cross (meaning he's talking to someone completely different and other than himself) and (D) Ask God to not make him have to go through his suffering in the garden before his capture ???? Makes a lot of sense. That wouldn't be wise, but confusing you into believeing that there are three Gods,thus, resulting in damnation for believing in more than one God IS WISE? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 6) Jesus was created by God -God who transferred the life-force of Jesus to the womb of Mary. (Matthew 1:18-25) But that is not how he began. He himself declared that he had "descended from heaven." (John 3:13) So it was only natural that he would later say to his followers: "What if you should see the Son of man [Jesus] ascend to where he was before?"—John 6:62, NJB. Thus, Jesus had an existence in heaven before coming to the earth. But was it as one of the persons in an almighty, eternal triune Godhead? No, for the Bible plainly states that in his prehuman existence, Jesus was a created spirit being, just as angels were spirit beings created by God. Neither the angels nor Jesus had existed before their creation. Jesus, in his prehuman existence, was "the first-born of all creation." (Colossians 1:15, NJB) He was "the beginning of God's creation." (Revelation 3:14, RS, Catholic edition). "Beginning" [Greek, arï¿½khe'] cannot rightly be interpreted to mean that Jesus was the 'beginner' of God's creation. In his Bible writings, John uses various forms of the Greek word arï¿½khe' more than 20 times, and these always have the common meaning of "beginning." Yes, Jesus was created by God as the beginning of God's invisible creations. ============================================================================ 7) The disciples viewed Jesus as the "one mediator between God and men," not as God himself. (1 Timothy 2:5) Since by definition a mediator is someone separate from those who need mediation, it would be a contradiction for Jesus to be one entity with either of the parties he is trying to reconcile. That would be a pretending to be something he is not. The Bible is clear and consistent about the relationship of God to Jesus. Jehovah God alone is Almighty. He created the prehuman Jesus directly. Thus, Jesus had a beginning and could never be coequal with God in power or eternity. Looking forward to a response...