Kraichgauer wrote:
Or at least said prophets perceived such things they wrote as literal, without understanding the true meaning of what they wrote.
Incidentally, with the exception of Jehovah Witnesses and some other fringe sects, Christians never saw Jesus as just a junior member of God, but equal.
That was another thing one of my old professors used to throw at us in some mid-division philosophy / theology course. He'd describe the Trinity by drawing a Venn diagram with three distinct circles designated as 'Father', 'Son' and 'Holy Spirit', respectively. Then he'd erase two and draw them over the third, so that all three circles overlay each other with 100% overlap. Inevitably some student who understood formal logic would point out the fallacy/contradiction of them being separate and distinct and yet also one and the same - and the Fr.'s eyes would light up.
"Ah! That feeling in your head of swirling confusion - that's the Mystery you feel!" he'd say with great glee. That is the Holy Spirit entering you and helping you to accept how this could be!
The student of course would draw breath to argue, but quickly close it and back down as this was one of the senior priests, and one does not simply prove them logically incorrect in a lecture.
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