[CARepubGal]

:shakes head: What is the role of the Holy Ghost in that doctrine? Comic relief? < /end sarcasm>

[malakhi]

What is the role of the Holy Ghost in that doctrine?

In Jewish belief, the Shekhinah, or Holy Spirit, is God's active Presence in the world. It is not seen as a separate person. Douglas adds to this a belief in the divinity of Jesus as the Son of God. He believes in the Holy Spirit, he just doesn't see it as a separate person in the Godhead.

[DouglasKC]

shakes head: What is the role of the Holy Ghost in that doctrine? Comic relief? < /end sarcasm>

You should know not to ask anyone who's been disagreeing with me for three days what doctrine I believe.

I believe that the father and the son make up the Godhead IN HEAVEN. The Holy Spirit is the presence, or power, of the father and/or son, in the creation. The holy spirit IS God's existence in the creation. The difference is that I don't consider it a "person" separate from the father and the son in a triune Godhead in heaven.

In other words, I don't see the Godhead as this:

But kind of like this: