I have heard several analogies that attempt to give people a better understanding of the Christian trinity. Some say it is like how an egg has a shell, white, and yolk, but it’s still one egg. However, that is a form of modalism that considers God to be one substance that is divided into parts. Comparisons to H²O are also forms of modalism divided into separate functions.

Then I’ve heard that the triune God is similar to how mankind is of a human substance, but we are all our own individual persons. However, this is tritheism in that it proposes one “God substance” that is shared among individual persons. In other words, I am a human, but humanity is not me.

These are imperfect analogies that each describe “heretical” teachings, so I’m not really sure what they’re attempting to accomplish. I guess they satisfy a mental image of something, but if that something is wrong, then what’s the point? Have any philosophers written about imperfect analogies?

I have heard several analogies that attempt to give people a better understanding of the Christian trinity. Some compare it to H²O and how water can be solid, liquid, or gas. However, this is a form of modalism in that it divides water into separate functions.

Then I’ve heard that the triune god is similar to how mankind is of a human substance, but we are all our own individual persons. This is tritheism in that it proposes one “God substance” that is shared among individual persons. In other words, I am a human, but humanity is not me. A similar analogy is how an egg has a shell, white, and yolk, but it’s still one egg- tritheism.

These are irrelevant analogies that each describe “heretical” teachings, so I’m not really sure what they’re attempting to accomplish. They’re good analogies for the “heretical” teachings they attempt to explain, but they don’t offer anything for the actual topic. I guess they satisfy a mental image of something, but if that something is wrong, then what’s the point? Have any philosophers written about analogies and their usefulness or deceptiveness.

I have heard several analogies that attempt to give people a better understanding of the trinity. Some say it is like how an egg has a shell, white, and yolk, but it’s still one egg. However, that is a form of modalism that considers God to be one substance that is divided into parts. Comparisons to H²O are also forms of modalism- divided into seperate functions.

Then I’ve heard that the triune god is similar to how mankind is of a human substance, but we are all our own individual person. However, this is tritheism in that it proposes one “God substance” that is shared among individual persons. In other words, I am a human, but humanity is not me.

These are imperfect analogies that each describe “heretical” teachings, so I’m not really sure what they’re attempting to accomplish. I guess they satisfy a mental image of something, but if that something is wrong, then what’s the point? Have any philosophers written about imperfect analogies?

I have heard several analogies that attempt to give people a better understanding of the Christian trinity. Some say it is like how an egg has a shell, white, and yolk, but it’s still one egg. However, that is a form of modalism that considers God to be one substance that is divided into parts. Comparisons to H²O are also forms of modalism divided into separate functions.

Then I’ve heard that the triune God is similar to how mankind is of a human substance, but we are all our own individual persons. However, this is tritheism in that it proposes one “God substance” that is shared among individual persons. In other words, I am a human, but humanity is not me.

These are imperfect analogies that each describe “heretical” teachings, so I’m not really sure what they’re attempting to accomplish. I guess they satisfy a mental image of something, but if that something is wrong, then what’s the point? Have any philosophers written about imperfect analogies?