The Son, the Father, and the Holy Spirit, are three distinct persons, but they are all one God. Note that I did not say that they are parts of God. Each of them possesses the full essence of “Godness,” but there is only one God. They don’t break apart and form up again like Voltron, nor are they different aspects of God, nor are they different roles that God performs, each is a distinct person, while still possessing the full quality of Godness. They are not split personalities, just as you and I are not split personalities, but distinct people. What is it like? Again, it is like nothing, there is no comparison to it on Earth.
"It doesn't make any sense because it's a unique concept unlike anything else in the universe" is a copout. It doesn't make sense because it's bullshit that doesn't logically follow. If each of the three parts are fully realized faces of God then they're all God and if there's only one God then they're all the same entity. If they are fully separate then there must be something which makes them different which means they can't all be fully God. You're allowed to just say "yeah this is bullshit that doesn't make any sense"
Oh, absolutely it's weak af. I mentioned at the start that my other comment is my actual answer, that it's all BS. This answer is a "steelman," for if you want a better understanding of the Catholic perspective.
...and also to show that I know wtf I'm talking about, since I had someone tell me that "Any kid in CCD could explain the Trinity" and referring to my experience learning about it as "remedial education." Since they then refused to explain it, I thought I'd do it for them.
Yes, but also, is a photon a wave or a particle? describing it as either doesn't fully describe a photon, nor does describing it as a "wave packet" or "wave-particle duality". It's a photon, the type of thing a photon is is a photon. There's no macro-scale equivalent, try not to think about it too hard if you're not doing physics at something.
"It doesn't make any sense because it's a unique concept unlike anything else in the universe" is a copout. It doesn't make sense because it's bullshit that doesn't logically follow. If each of the three parts are fully realized faces of God then they're all God and if there's only one God then they're all the same entity. If they are fully separate then there must be something which makes them different which means they can't all be fully God. You're allowed to just say "yeah this is bullshit that doesn't make any sense"
Oh, absolutely it's weak af. I mentioned at the start that my other comment is my actual answer, that it's all BS. This answer is a "steelman," for if you want a better understanding of the Catholic perspective.
...and also to show that I know wtf I'm talking about, since I had someone tell me that "Any kid in CCD could explain the Trinity" and referring to my experience learning about it as "remedial education." Since they then refused to explain it, I thought I'd do it for them.
Yes, but also, is a photon a wave or a particle? describing it as either doesn't fully describe a photon, nor does describing it as a "wave packet" or "wave-particle duality". It's a photon, the type of thing a photon is is a photon. There's no macro-scale equivalent, try not to think about it too hard if you're not doing physics at something.