Nicean Trinity against Socinus' Trinity

Opening'No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means' -VoltaireThe most important part of this debate will be to analyze the original intentions of the writings in Scripture, that is, we must understand how the first Christians understood the nature of Christ.RebuttalsAdonai Not Equivalent to Yahweh"The Lord said to my lord" is an incorrect translation. Correctly translated, it should say "YHWH (tetragrammaton, the name of God) said to my adonai (hebrew word for lord). In this passage, the decendant of David is not called Yahweh, he is called lord, which is a title of honor, not divinity. So also in the Mark 12 passage, it should say "Yahweh our God is one Yahweh." Should my opponent want to prove Jesus' nature is equal to that of Yahweh's, he must show where Jesus is identified not merely as "adonai/lord", but as YHWH, the tetragrammaton. However, as the Jewish Shema clearly teaches one Yahweh, not a plurality of persons within a Godhead, I daresay my opponent will not be able to supply such an identification. Also, the same is true with the definition of god (theos in greek and elohim in hebrew). The title of god is to refer to a divine being, but it is not equivlanet to meaning the Creator of the Universe.The Wisdom of GodProverbs 8:22 "Yahweh created me at the beginning of His way." As Paul identified Christ as the wisdom of God, this goes to show that Christ is a created being, not sharing in the uncreated nature of Yahweh. Also,John 5:26 "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself". This clearly shows that Yahweh is a being with life in Himself, and that the Son was not, that there was a time when the Son didn't exist; he was given life. As Yahweh was not given life, but Jesus was, this further validates the claim that the Father and Son are not equal in nature.The TrinityThe trinity itself is a concept that wasn't clearly defined until the Athanasian Creed (http://en.wikipedia.org...) which was probably invented somewhere in the fourth century AD. Before this, the Nicene Creed established the Son and Father has sharing the same nature. The problem with this is, Christ came to the Jews, and the first Christians were Jewish. As gentiles started converting into Christianity, they started taking their pagan philosophies and religious ideas with them, which is how the idea of the Christian trinity came to be. As Constantine was previously a believer in Mithraism, with it's own Trinity God, and as he wanted to create a nationwide religion that was pleasing to everyone, he combined the elements of Mithraism with Christianity, which is why we also celebrate Easter and Christmas on pagan dates. Constantine did preside over the council of Nicea (http://en.wikipedia.org...). ArgumentsThe Holy SpiritThe Jews (before Christianity) understood the Holy Spirit as the presence of God, calling it the 'Shekhinah' (http://en.wikipedia.org...), but they did not identify it as a person. Also1 Corinthians 2:11 "For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God." This passage compares the spirit of a man as his thoughts to the spirit of God as His thoughts. This direct comparison disproves the notion that the holy spirit is a person. Should my opponent wish to argue that the spirit is a separate person, he must also explain how a man's spirit is of the same nature but different personality from himself.Jesus as AngelMalachi 3:1 "Behold, I am going to send Myangel, and he willclear the way before Me. And the lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple;and the angel of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, is coming."Galations 4:14 "you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself"An angel means "messenger" and this is what Jesus is called. Jesus is the messenger of Yahweh, and a messenger of someone cannot be of the same identity of that someone.Ante-Nicean QuotesJustin Martry, 1st Apology: "For they proclaim our madness to consist in this, that we give to a crucified man a place second to the unchangeable and eternal God, the Creator of all; for they do not discern the mystery that is herein, to which, as we make it plain to you, we pray you to give heed." (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com...)Irenaeus, Against Herecies: "These have all declared to us that there is one God, Creator of heaven and earth, announced 415 by the law and the prophets; and one Christ the Son of God". (http://www.ccel.org...)Both Justin Martry and Irenaeus claim one God- the Creator, and one Messiah, second to the nature of God; subject to the position of God, not equal.Various Quotes from Jesus and PaulJohn 20:17 "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."John 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.1 Corinthians 8:5-6 "For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him."SummaryMost Christians nowadays believe in a trinity because they are endoctrinated with this theology and are taught to defend it and never question it, however, this vein idea of God sets forth a stumbing block to prevent the understand of what Jesus' true purpose was. Jesus is the Wisdom and Word of God, but He is a created being who is second to the Father, Yahweh, the only true God. There were various pagan religions with an idea of a Trinitarian God long before Christianity, so why should the pagans have understood the nature of God before the Jews? The Trinity itself is a mystery, but the point of a revelation from God is to reduce the mystery, not increase it. Yahweh exists as One Being, and He created His son as an angel, or messenger, to redeem us for our sins.Job 23-24 "If there is an angel as mediator for him,One out of a thousand,To remind a man what is right for him, Then let him be gracious to him, and say,‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,I have found a ransom’"