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On "steam, water,
and ice "
If I have three balls of clay and I press
them together into one ball then they
become ONE but now it is impossible
to retrieve the original three exactly as
they were originally.
If I have three bricks and I stack them
above each other then I can separate
them, but I can not call the three
bricks ONE brick.
By far, the most common analogy
given for the "Trinity" by the church

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is that of the three forms of water,
specifically, ice, liquid, and steam.
They say, just as water is "one" but
with three "states" or three "forms,"
so too is God Almighty one but with
three states.
On the face of it this appears to be
quite a compelling argument. So let us
apply it to a few verses of the Bible in
order to see whether it holds up to
scrutiny and is actually endorsed by
the Bible. In other words, it is
necessary to see whether the Bible
itself actually confirms such a picture
of God. Only then can we accept or
reject this analogy.

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On "steam, water, and ice " If I have three balls of clay and I press them together into one ball then they become ONE but now it is impossible to retrieve the original three exactly as they were originally. If I have three bricks and I stack them above each other then I can separate them, but I can not call the three bricks ONE brick. By far, the most common analogy given for the "Trinity" by the church is that of the three forms of water, specifically, ice, liquid, and steam. They say, just as water is "one" but with three "states" or three "forms," so too is God Almighty one but with three states. On the face of it this appears to be quite a compelling argument. So let us apply it to a few verses of the Bible in order to see whether it holds up to scrutiny and is actually endorsed by the Bible. In other words, it is necessary to see whether the Bible itself actually confirms such a picture of God. Only then can we accept or reject this analogy. If I have a cup of water which can become steam, liquid, or ice, then it is not possible for me to drink the "liquid" while the "ice" and "steam" remain inside the glass. It is not possible for the "liquid" to beseech the ice to save it from being drunk while the ice stayed a safe distance away and was not itself drunk. This is simple logic. In a similar manner, if God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are all merely three "personalities" or three "states" for one being, namely God Almighty, then it is not possible for one "pe ...
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