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MineralMan

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32. Cerberus is the three-headed dog.

Reply to Bretton Garcia (Reply #21)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 01:34 PM

Sep 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus

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Three God Trinity Monte - Step Right up To the Table, Folks! [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

The original trinity -- stolen by patriarchal agents WhiteTara Sep 2018 #1

Indeed. Women are the givers of life. MineralMan Sep 2018 #2

Love that term, patriarchal agents. CrispyQ Sep 2018 #5

"I have never heard of the Holy Spirit referred to in the feminine" WhiteTara Sep 2018 #9

Fully Agree Tribalceltic Sep 2018 #13

They both have three elements. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #14

Excuse me? WhiteTara Sep 2018 #15

There were thousands of years between Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #16

Not only that there's no basis for the trinity in the canonical gospels Major Nikon Sep 2018 #18

Indeed. I was leaving that out to simplify things. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #20

Christianity morphed qazplm135 Sep 2018 #27

"The Gospel Singer" by Harry Crews DemoTex Sep 2018 #3

Elmer Gantry, too. MineralMan Sep 2018 #4

Hi MineralMan - Thank you for starting this discussion. Pendrench Sep 2018 #6

Insofar as religion causes people to do as you suggest, MineralMan Sep 2018 #7

Hi MineralMan -Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post. Pendrench Sep 2018 #8

You got it wrong, Mineral.. AZ8theist Sep 2018 #10

Depends on where you are and who the grifter is, really. MineralMan Sep 2018 #11

LOL!! for sure... AZ8theist Sep 2018 #12

Are you ready to try again?... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #17

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Major Nikon Sep 2018 #19

Three very different things, people,.in the Trinity. Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #21

Cerberus is the three-headed dog. MineralMan Sep 2018 #32

I once asked for a explanation for the trinity edhopper Sep 2018 #22

Yes, that drawing is used all the time. MineralMan Sep 2018 #23

The whole idea of God coming to earth as Jesus edhopper Sep 2018 #24

Well, for me, the entire idea of supernatural entities makes no sense. MineralMan Sep 2018 #25

Shortest theology class edhopper Sep 2018 #26

It makes sense if you look at the need to deify Jesus Major Nikon Sep 2018 #30

I'm guessing it plays with a couple of pretty ancient concepts qazplm135 Sep 2018 #28

Except edhopper Sep 2018 #29

Yeah, it's pretty illogical. Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #31

it's got some unique bits qazplm135 Sep 2018 #33

Likely the Trinity WAS borrowed from earlier myths Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #34

I don't know I mean maybe who knows what they were thinking qazplm135 Sep 2018 #36

True enough. Just before Jesus, was Caesar's Triumvirate Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #37

"God is like a shamrock...small, green and split three ways" The Genealogist Sep 2018 #35

But some Catholics say Jesus IS God. Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #38

3 is a magic number... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #39

Three witches loved " the power of three" Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #40