Easter Questions

[thir]

The problem Ive always had is this "Trinity theory"!!!!!! In most old "pagan" religions, a lot of "deities" had three entities. In the bible the actual word Trinity is never mentioned. So thats what confused me!

I always heard of it as 'the holy trinity', the father, the son and the holy ghost. That is why some Islam say that Christianity is polytheist.

Many pagan religions have sacrifice and resurrection in their beliefs, long before Chrisitanity. It is a well established idea.

In my own world, this refers to what dies so we can live, and then grows again or is born next year. Nature's cycle, in other words.

So i hope you dont mind me adding that one on thir?

Not at all. Let's get our thoughts sorted out :-)

[Thorne]

I always heard of it as 'the holy trinity', the father, the son and the holy ghost. That is why some Islam say that Christianity is polytheist.

Technically, these are considered three "aspects" of the one God. When the early Christians decided that Jesus had to be divine, they had to find a way to make him so without actually devolving into polytheism, so they developed this Trinity idea. Yeah, it sounds silly. You have to take it on faith!

Many pagan religions have sacrifice and resurrection in their beliefs, long before Chrisitanity. It is a well established idea.

Many other things which supposedly made Jesus unique were also relatively common among pagan religions at the time or before Christianity, including the virgin birth. This is one of the reasons why religious scholars are questioning the existence of Jesus as a real person.

In my own world, this refers to what dies so we can live, and then grows again or is born next year. Nature's cycle, in other words.

The resurrection stories of the pagans were very common before the time of Jesus, too. They all derive from the rebirth of spring after the death of winter.