Hi Ftf. I understand that Christians don't believe in three Gods, but still the separation of G-d into three distinct entities is something that I don't understand.
For instance, the shield of the trinity, is this an accurate symbolic portrayal of the concept of the Trinity?
Anyone who has had a course in logic or computer programming can see the logical impossibility of this model.
If the father, the son, and the holy spirit are ALL G-d, then how can they not be the same as each other? That implies that there are distinct parts of G-d. If G-d has separate parts that are distinct from each other, how can he be whole? Isn't the whole point of the oneness of G-d that he is complete, one and whole? If something is an apple, and another thing is an apple, and another thing is an apple, those things are all the same and they must be apples, there is no other way around it.
I've read that there are Christian scholars who have tried to logically prove the possibility of this model of trinity but have failed. Is this model a proper way to think of the Trinity, or is it flawed?