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Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

If God contains three persons, and if they have the same purpose and and are united as an organic<br />

unity, their nature has to be Love. Jesus used this argument when he was accused of driving the evil<br />

spirit by the power of Beelzeboob.<br />

Mark 3:22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by<br />

Beelzebub ! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons." 23 So Jesus called them and spoke<br />

to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that<br />

kingdom cannot stand.25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if<br />

Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.<br />

So the nature of this organic unity is love within, and the nature of love is extenisive and desires to<br />

love. This gives the purpose of creation.<br />

5. Uncertainty Principle<br />

Uncertainty in position gives rise to real objects. Black bodies have been a typical example of<br />

concentration of matter and energy and power. They represent in nature the properties of God to<br />

some extent. They have singularities at the center, which is beyond observation. No information of the<br />

properties beyond the event horizon can be obtained. The event horizon marks the uncertainty of the<br />

black hole’s singularity. Then again the property of the black hole can be known only in terms of the<br />

behavior of objects near the event horizon. Incidentally the only properties that we know of the black<br />

hole are mass, charge, and angular momentum. Only eternal black hole is the one with no mass.<br />

They can never be known in anyway. They simply exist because of it zero-point energy. This<br />

corresponds to the Nirguna Brahman or the Monadic God. The only reality that we can know of is the<br />

event horizon which is the trinity whch forms the one true God that can be known.<br />

6. Brahman and Aum<br />

Indian sages understood this impossibility of an active participating, creating God. The Indian term for<br />

God is Brahman. (Not Brahmaav who is one of the trinity) Brahman is pure consciousness. He is Sat,<br />

Chit and Ananda. He lacks nothing, he is Sophia and he is bliss. In this bliss, or laya Brahman<br />

remains inactive. He cannot be described. You cannot ascribe any property to God. Is God good? No<br />

because good and evil are defined in terms of God’s character. Is he white, black, and sweet. We<br />

have to say no for every question that we may ask. It also includes Does Brahman exist? No, because<br />

he is beyond existence. This is what our sages called Nirguna Brahman - Brahman without any guna -<br />

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