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From: stern@steinmetz.UUCP (Harold A. Stern)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Trinity: the fine line
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 16:30:04 EDT
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> Julie A Harazduk
> Maybe the term monotheism is too limiting to describe the truth contained.
> This is true of the term Trinity.  Maybe that's why its not used in the
> Bible to explain God.  God has one will, one plan, and one mind.  The
> Bible says, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One."  Where the
> word for God (Elohim) is plural indicating more than one in some sense,yet
> One.  And the word for "One" here, (I forget offhand) suggests a unity or
> oneness as in one mind, one heart, one purpose, one plan...united.

Sorry. The word for God in the She'ma (your quote from the Torah) is
Elohaynu (is the software installed yet that will allow us to input Hebrew
letters?). Singular. Not "more than one in some sense," but One, without
any qualifiers. 

As a side issue: Should Jews allowed to read net.religion.christian?

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