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Subject: Re: Nature of the Godhead (was Re: Book of Mormon ... Mother of God)
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Date: 27 Sep 90 07:31:24 GMT
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There is one God, in 3 Divine persons.

That there is one God is provable through metaphysics.  The gist of the
proof is given in Romans: "The invisible things of Him are clearly seen,
being understood through the things that are made."  The existence of
the Creator is knowable from a consideration of the creation.

That the one God is composed of three Persons is *not* provable, but
knowable by revelation only.

The reason for the difference here is that the creation is the work of
all three Persons equally, so there is nothing manifest in the creation
from which we can deduce the existence of the 3 Persons.

Had God given us something accessible to our senses to reason from, we
might be able to deduce the Trinity, but there is no such sense evidence
available.  The doctrine is not founded upon reason, but faith.

Joe Buehler