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The Genealogist

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35. "God is like a shamrock...small, green and split three ways"

Reply to edhopper (Reply #22)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 05:17 PM

Sep 2018

This according to Eric Idle's character Brian in "Nuns on the Run," in describing the Trinity.

His partner in crime had tried to explain the trinity to him, as Brian didn't know how it worked. His partner used the analogy of a shamrock, with its three leaves on one stem, to illustrate that the Trinity is one with three aspects.

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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