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these problems were at the center of the fractures inside of xtianity before constantine converted in 323 and started integrating it into the official state bureaucracy of rome. some groups--the pelagians (i think--it's been a while) rejected the trinity outright for much the same reasons will outlines--other "gnostic" groups rejected the divinity of jesus on similar grounds...lots of trouble, lots and lots of trouble.
from what i remember of this nonsense, the trinity involves 3 hypostases or states of a single being.
if the god character is infinite, none of these would be problematic--the trouble would come with thinking about their implications from a finite viewpoint--like whether god was dead between good friday and easter morning. i prefer to think she was.
spinoza's all over these problems too, at the start of the ethics.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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