Re: THEORY: Languages divided by politics and religion

Danny Wier wrote:

> >From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
>
> >The differentiation of Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian (I don't believe there
> >is much of a "Montenegrin" language or even dialect) of course came as a
> >result of politics and religion.  Simultaneously, they are one langauge and
> >they are three languages.  A "trinity", if you wanna call it such.
>
> Well, I better take that back.  Most Christians believe in one God in three
> Persons, thus the Trinity, from "tri-unity".  The three Persons are equal in
> divinity and all agree in every way.
Most? I dunno. Certainly a lot, but there are still a number of monophysite
Christian churches throughout the middle east.

> The three languages once
> blanket-labled as Serbo-Croatian, on the other hand, are the languages of
> three nations that not too long ago were at each others' throats.
>
> Tom asked what should be the definition of a "person".
[Well, it was more of a rhetorical question, but yes:  there're all sorts
of slants you can take on the issue]

>  It would then be possible for one to determine that God has DID
> since he's one being with three persons, if you assume that "person" is
> synonomous with "personality".  After all, God relates to mankind in three
> ways through His three Persons: the Father the Creator, the Son the Savior,
> and the Holy Spirit the Sustainer.
The Sabellianists (an early group of heretical Christians) got around this
by saying that there's really only one God, but  it's just that we call him different
things when he operates in different functions.

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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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