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From: dkl@usl.UUCP (Dwayne K. Lanclos)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Trinity
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 15:59:30 EDT
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In article <1731@reed.UUCP> purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes:
   
>     I'm a Christian. I'm "born again" (a phrase that I dislike using
> greatly) in that I believe in Jesus Christ and I believe in the power of
> the Holy Spirit, although I must confess that I'm not a trinitarian (sp?)
> and believe that the Holy Spirit is the same thing as God, in essence. 
>     cheers -
>
>     elizabeth g. purtell
>
>     (Lady Godiva)

Of course the Holy Spirit is the same thing as God!  That's what the
concept of the Trinity means:  one God demonstrating three different aspects.
Down through history, the experience of God has been that which gives life
and meaning to our existence (the Father), as realized in human history
(the Son), and as the spirit dwelling within each of us (the Holy Spirit).
The Trinity is the formulation used to express this experience in language:
three persons in one God.
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dwayne
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