Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
2. Philosophical and Logical Reasons<br />
2. Mathematical Reason<br />
Consider a point. A point has no length, breadth or height by<br />
definition. It cannot obviously exist in reality; it can only exist as<br />
an imaginary object. This is because existence means existence<br />
in dimension, and space happens to have three dimensions.<br />
Unless the point has extensions in all the three dimensions it<br />
cannot be said to be existing.<br />
This is a mathematical point<br />
You cannot see it because it has no length, breadth or height.<br />
But this is a point in reality .<br />
It is a real point existing in space and time because it has<br />
extensions. We can reduce the length and breadth and height to<br />
an infinitesimal size, but never to zero. You can extend this<br />
concept to one two dimension and three dimension. For<br />
example<br />
This is a line.<br />
But you cant see it because it has no thickness. But this you can<br />
see.<br />
What exactly is the difference between the two? There is an area<br />
<strong>of</strong> uncertainty in position in every dimension.<br />
The argument can be carried over to God. Whatever dimensions<br />
God exist. (He has to exist in an infinite dimension to be the<br />
Omni we define him to be. We cannot limit God in material<br />
dimension alone. But God must have a material dimension into<br />
which he extends himself in order to act within cosmos. He<br />
extends himself in time in order that he can act in history.<br />
Of course God may be existing in other dimensions where he<br />
has extensions pertaining to that dimension. Then for that being<br />
to break into the coarse existence it will have to go through the<br />
singularity point <strong>of</strong> existence which we call point and comes into<br />
existence in all the three dimensions. Similarly God has to break<br />
into time at a singularity point to act in history.<br />
Just as a point cannot exist in reality a monadic God cannot exist<br />
in our real world or in any real world whatever dimension it may<br />
be as an entity. It needs extensions and uncertainty in its<br />
properties. A monadic God is an imaginary God, an abstraction.<br />
It is essentially a singularity <strong>of</strong> which we cannot guess or know.<br />
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