So...I'm NOT praying to Mary when I finger my beads?
You are, but Mary is not a god, so it's not a polythesitic act.
And Jesus and God are NOT separate entities?
No.
Aren't those statues of Jesus I see in church?Isn't that a picture of God on the roof of the Sistine Chapel?
Yes, but they're only representations. They are not gods.
How come they don't look alike? How come God talks to Jesus in the bible, if they are both the same thing?
God is one being composed of three persons.
Does God suffer from schizophrenia?
Nope.
Don't you have just a wee tad of trouble wrapping your lips around the statement "The TRINITY is not POLYtheistic".
Nope.
I keep trying, but I break out in a great big goofy grin every time I try.
Forgive me if I doubt your sincerity.
Throttle the insults if you don't want the compliment returned.
So...I'm NOT praying to Mary when I finger my beads?
You are, but Mary is not a god, so it's not a polythesitic act.
I see. Could I just as easily be fingering my beads and praying to Alfred E. Newman. Do you think my confessor might have something to say about that?
And Jesus and God are NOT separate entities? No.
Well then, why does the bible report jesus talking to god, and vice versa? Is this one of those parts of the bible we're not supposed to take seriously?
Aren't those statues of Jesus I see in church?Isn't that a picture of God on the roof of the Sistine Chapel?
Yes, but they're only representations. They are not gods.
So it wouldn't matter a bit if I just declared, oh, a picture of the Pillsbury doughboy to be God, and mounted up in place of jesus on the cross?
How come they don't look alike? How come God talks to Jesus in the bible, if they are both the same thing?
God is one being composed of three persons.
I see, but that's obviously not the same as three gods, because, um, um, I forgot again, could you remind me? Why not four persons? Why not throw in the Pillsbury doughboy? Why not throw in the Devil, for that matter? So God is the devil? So my sister isn't loony as a fruitcake after all?
Don't you have just a wee tad of trouble wrapping your lips around the statement "The TRINITY is not POLYtheistic".
Nope.
I keep trying, but I break out in a great big goofy grin every time I try.
Forgive me if I doubt your sincerity.
Forgive me if I doubt your lucidity.