The Trinity Is NOT Biblical

“The Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity […] So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God.”These words of the Athanasian Creed describe the central doctrine of Christendom, the trinity. If you are a Catholic or Protestant, you’ve probably been told that this is the most important teaching that you are to believe in. But, does the Bible teach the trinity doctrine? Here is the answer the late Anglican bishop John Robinson gave in his best-selling book Honest to God:“In practice popular preaching and teaching presents a supranaturalistic view of Christ which cannot be substantiated from the New Testament. It says simply that Jesus was God, in such a way that the terms ‘Christ’ and ‘God’ are interchangeable. But nowhere in Biblical usage is this so. The New Testament says that Jesus was the Word of God, it says that God was in Christ, it says that Jesus is the Son of God; but it does not say that Jesus was God, simply like that.”John Robinson was a notorious figure in the Anglican Church. But, was he right in saying that the “New Testament” nowhere says that “Jesus was God, simply like that”? Some may answer that question by quoting the verse that commences the book of John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1, King James Version) Doesn’t that contradict what the Anglican bishop said? No. As John Robinson knew, many modern translators disagree with the King James Version’s translation of that text. Why? Because in the expression “the Word was God” in the original Greek, the word for “God” does not have the definite article “the.” In the earlier expression “the Word was with God,” the word for “God” is definite, it does have the definite article. This makes it implausible that the two words have the same significance.For this reason, some translations bring out the qualitative aspect in their translations. For example, some use the expression “the Word was divine.” (An American Translation, Schonfield). Nevertheless, “divine” is not the most appropriate translation here. If that was what John wanted to emphasize, he could have used the Greek word for “divine,” thei′os. The New World Translation, correctly viewing the word “God” as indefinite, as well as bringing out the qualitative aspect indicated by the Greek structure, uses the indefinite article in English: “The Word was a god.” And, really, this is the translation that harmonizes the most with the context of that same book of John. John 1:18 says nobody has seen God, but John 1:14 says Jesus became flesh and people beheld his glory. This is a clear contradiction, but it is not the Bible’s harmony what should be questioned. Rather, it is this non-biblical doctrine introduced in the fourth century by the pagan sun-worshipping emperor Constantine.Origin of the Trinity Doctrine(BEGINNING OF QUOTE) When Constantine became sole ruler of the Roman Empire, professed Christians were divided over the relationship between God and Christ. Was Jesus God? Or was he created by God? To settle the matter, Constantine summoned church leaders to Nicaea, not because he sought religious truth, but because he did not want religion to divide his empire. Constantine asked the bishops, who may have numbered into the hundreds, to come to a unanimous accord, but his request was in vain. He then proposed that the council adopt the ambiguous notion that Jesus was “of one substance” (homoousios) with the Father. This unbiblical Greek philosophical term laid the foundation for the Trinity doctrine as later set forth in the church creeds. Indeed, by the end of the fourth century, the Trinity had essentially taken the form it has today, including the so-called third part of the godhead, the holy spirit. (END OF QUOTE)What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?Deuteronomy 6:4 - "Jehovah our God is one Jehovah."Psalms 83:18 - “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth."John 14:28 - “My Father is greater than I [Jesus].”John 20:17 - “I [Jesus] ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God." 1 Peter 1:3 - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”Colossians 1:15 - "He [Jesus] is the firstborn of all creation" Revelation 3:14 - “These things saith the Amen [Jesus], [...] the beginning of the creation of God.”Galatians 3:20 - “God is only one.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________The evidence is indisputable; the dogma of the Trinity is not found in the Bible, nor is it in harmony with what the Bible REALLY teaches. It grossly misrepresents the one and only true God, Jehovah. Thank you. I eagerly await Con's response.