tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10540079.post2903365482164443954..comments2020-05-12T10:57:50.287-07:00Comments on Pining for the Fjords: Ethical Society, Unitarianism, TrinitarianismMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10540079.post-84298605537631012782008-02-27T22:13:00.000-08:002008-02-27T22:13:00.000-08:00Yeah, I suppose that's one approach but it doesn't...Yeah, I suppose that's one approach but it doesn't help me at all with my question. <BR/><BR/>What attributes is the third cookie supposed to have? I can pretty much understand father/creator/judge and son/hero/advocate though it seems a strange way to parse the world to me. What is ghost? <BR/><BR/>I simply don't know what they are trying to say. Sometimes it seems to me like they need the ghost to make it come out to three. <BR/><BR/>Your cookie recipe is like that too.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10540079.post-46253175981361868322008-02-27T21:27:00.000-08:002008-02-27T21:27:00.000-08:00As a (now former) Southern Baptist, I always under...As a (now former) Southern Baptist, I always understood the trinity to be 3 entities (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) each comprised of the same essence (whatever makes up "God") but with three different functions.<BR/><BR/>I found it easiest to think of God in terms of cookie dough: You get one batch of cookie dough, separate it into three parts, and do something different with each part. You might bake one batch (cooked), put one batch in ice cream (frozen), and pop one batch right into your mouth (raw). Essentially, it's all still cookie dough, and it's all serving the same purpose - getting into my belly - but going about it in different ways. Or something like that. ;)<BR/><BR/>--ShortBusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com