[verga]

What is the origin of the Son If we accept the necessity of a highest power why was/ is there a need for a second equal power and certainly why the need for a third co-equal power? How and why did these second and third powers come to be?

Let's try the classical Christian answer: Given the proviso that you accept that a universal highest power exists according to the Thomist view God is the un-created, first moving necessary being. He lives outside of time and space. So technically the terms before and after having no bearing on the origin of the Son.

Gods first thought was of Himself and that thought was so powerful and perfect that it resulted in the Son. Not as a created being, but rather as a reflection of the Father with all of His divinity. Since the Father already existed the Son's first thought was of Him This first thought was of the perfect love He had for the Father. The Father also immediately had a perfect love for the Son. This love resulted in the third person was the Holy Spirit.

I hope this answers your question.

[Thales Miletus]

Thank you all for your patient and kind responses. I can see the inherent logic in all of them. From a scientific, logical, and philosophical point of view there must be a “creator”. The way the OP presented the article I could not see a difference between the “pagan” plurality and the Christian Trinity. The three of you (coincidence) did an outstanding job of casting light on a murky topic with out adding heat.