The Trinity – A Doctrine In Crisis
The Trinity is a doctrine in crisis these days.
The following article, entitled “Most Americans Don’t Believe In The Trinity”, was published on March 30, 2025 in The Christian Post:
“An overwhelming majority of Christians reject the basic Christian teaching of the Trinity, prompting new concerns that Americans are living without the influence of “the truths and life principles of God.”
The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the latest installment of its American Worldview Inventory series which documents Americans’ views on the Trinity. The research is based on responses collected from 2,100 adults in January.
Overall, just 40% of respondents believe that God exists and affects people’s lives. That figure rises to 53% among self-identified Christians, 60% among theologically-identified born-again Christians, and 100% among Integrated Disciples. The latter term refers to those who have a biblical worldview. While a majority of those surveyed (59%) believe in the existence of Jesus Christ, a significantly smaller share of adults (29%) believe in the Holy Spirit.
Slightly more than 1 in 10 respondents (11%) believe in the Trinity, that the God of the Bible is “three distinct but inseparable and equal persons in one infinite Being.” The persons in the Trinity are God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Belief in the Trinity, characterized by the Cultural Research Center as a “fundamental tenet of Christianity,” increases to 16% among self-identified Christians, 24% among theologically-identified born-again Christians and 62% among Integrated Disciples.
“These results are further evidence of the limited or lack of trust Americans have in the Bible, the limitations we place on the authority and influence of God, and our refusal to cooperate with God by living in harmony with His ways and purposes,” said CRC Director of Research George Barna in response to the survey results. “Even the statistics for the groups that are most in-tune with biblical teachings, such as belief in the nature and impact of the Trinity, are shockingly low for a nation in which most people claim to be Christian.”
“Belief in the Trinity,” is said to be “a “fundamental tenet of Christianity,” in fact,” the basic Christian teaching.”
However, the Trinity is a doctrine in crisis these days. Is it? Then why do only “16% among self-identified Christians, 24% among theologically-identified born-again Christians” believe in it, whereas 40% of respondents believe is God?
Let’s look at some facts:
- It’s never mentioned in the Bible
- It makes no sense.
- It’s adherents and proponents admit it is incomprehensible, whereas the Bible says Jesus “has given us understanding so that we may know” God (1 John 5:20 NJB) .
- The Bible plainly says that, “God is only one” (Galatians 3:20 NASB), and “the Lord our God is one Lord” (Mark 12:29 ISV), not 3-in-1..
- The Bible says, “There is only one God, the Father”(1 Corinthians 8:6 GWT).
No wonder the Trinity is a doctrine in crisis.
4 thoughts on “The Trinity – A Doctrine In Crisis”
I think we agree that the Trinity per se is not mentioned in the Bible. However, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are mentioned. Decades or centuries after the Bible was written, some theologians, politicians, and officials came up with a silly and irrational concept of a Trinity. It was sort of “three persons in one.” But, as I have said before, the only reasonable interpretation of the Trinity is simply a team of three persons (God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit) working on the same goals with God as the captain of the team.
Loving G-d is not a ‘sport.’ There are no ‘teams’ in Heaven. G-d is not the ‘captain’ of a team. Yeshua is not the ‘quarterback’ or the ‘most valuable player.’ We must be careful with comparisons of G-d to the warped facets of men. Sports, in its historical sense, is training for warfare. Simply ask any ancient Greek. We have been told that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Think not as the flesh thinks, for it comes from a meager mentality, the same mind set you describe as ‘reasonable.’ Listen, G-d can not be ‘reasoned’ with by man, and He will not be mocked.
Hear these Words: The Lord is our G-d, the Lord ALONE. G-d is the Father. Yeshua is His only begotten Son. The Spirit of Holiness is G-d’s Spirit which unifies all of us, if we would only accept this as it was written and spoken of by His prophets and His Son together with the disciples and those who came after in whom the Spirit of Holiness has instructed us further in all aspects of the Truth.
JS1: Loving G-d is not a ‘sport.’
GW1: Nobody here has said that it is a sport. Duh. Believing in God is a delusion, however.
JS1: There are no ‘teams’ in Heaven. G-d is not the ‘captain’ of a team.
GW1: God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit do not exist. But if they did exist they would comprise a team which we may call “the Trinity”. I’m not talking about a sports team. There are many different kinds of teams. What is a team? A team is any group of persons who work together towards common goals. The Trinity would be a divine team. Get it?
JS1: Yeshua is not the ‘quarterback’ or the ‘most valuable player.’
GW1: Don’t be so silly about this. There are many different kinds of teams. See above.
JS1: We must be careful with comparisons of G-d to the warped facets of men.
GW1: You are not being careful. Teams are not “warped facets of men.” Why do you not spell God’s name correctly? Are you afraid he will strike you with lightning?
JS1: Sports, in its historical sense, is training for warfare. Simply ask any ancient Greek.
GW1: It could be, but not necessarily so.
JS1: We have been told that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Think not as the flesh thinks, for it comes from a meager mentality, the same mind set you describe as ‘reasonable.’
GW1: What spirit? Belief in spirits is just a superstition. I challenge you to prove that any spirit exists.
JS1: Listen, G-d can not be ‘reasoned’ with by man, and He will not be mocked.
GW1: Listen, God does not exist! But maybe you can’t be reasoned with. I am mocking neither God nor you.
JS1: Hear these Words: The Lord is our G-d, the Lord ALONE. G-d is the Father.
GW1: Absolutely false! We now know and have proven that God does not exist. I have many proofs of this.
JS1: Yeshua is His only begotten Son.
GW1: False again! If God did exist (he doesn’t), he would not use offspring or messengers to do his work. He would have no need of assistants. He would do his own work. Duh.
JS1: The Spirit of Holiness is G-d’s Spirit which unifies all of us, if we would only accept this as it was written and spoken of by His prophets and His Son together with the disciples and those who came after in whom the Spirit of Holiness has instructed us further in all aspects of the Truth.
GW1: Nope. We have proven that God does not exist, if only you would accept the truth. But to do that, you must use Reason to reach your conclusions, and in your case that is going to be difficult, but not impossible.
GW—Decades or centuries after the Bible was written, some theologians, politicians, and officials came up with a silly and irrational concept of a Trinity. It was sort of “three persons in one.”
BA—Exactly!