On "steam, water, and ice "

If I have three balls of clay and I press them

together into one ball then they become ONE but
now it is impossible to retrieve the original three
exactly as they were originally.

If I have three bricks and I stack them above each

other then I can separate them, but I can not call
the three bricks ONE brick.

By far, the most common analogy given for the

"Trinity" by the church is that of the three forms of
water, specifically, ice, liquid, and steam. They say,
just as water is "one" but with three "states" or
three "forms," so too is God Almighty one but with
three states.

On the face of it this appears to be quite a

compelling argument. So let us apply it to a few
verses of the Bible in order to see whether it holds
up to scrutiny and is actually endorsed by the Bible.
In other words, it is necessary to see whether the
Bible itself actually confirms such a picture of God.
Only then can we accept or reject this analogy.
 If I have a cup of water which can become steam,
liquid, or ice, then it is not possible for me to drink
the "liquid" while the "ice" and "steam" remain
inside the glass. It is not possible for the "liquid" to
beseech the ice to save it from being drunk while
the ice stayed a safe distance away and was not
itself drunk. This is simple logic. In a similar
manner, if God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are all
merely three "personalities" or three "states" for
one being, namely God Almighty, then it is not
possible for one "personality" of God to DIE while
the other two remained a safe distance away
unharmed by death (Mark 15:37, John 19:33,
Romans 5:6,...etc.).

Some will then solve this dilemma, as seen in the

previous section, by claiming that Jesus (pbuh) did
not actually "die," rather, he simply shed his
earthly "skin." His actual essence was not killed. In
this case it is necessary to ask: where then is the
great sacrifice? If one of us has five thousand coats,
and he takes one off and throws it in the fire then
puts on a different one and says: "I did this as an
ultimate sacrifice for you," is this truly an ultimate
sacrifice if he can simply create one thousand more
 earthly "skins" to inhabit in place of the one he
shed? Does his taking off of his coat and putting on
a new one after three days "atone" for the sins of
all of the "inherently wicked and sinful mankind"
from the beginning of time? "And thou shalt love
the Lord thy God ... with all thy mind ... this is the
first commandment" Mark 12:30

There are many other situations in the Bible that

contradict this analogy and the theory of "three"
gods. For example:

Would it be logical to picture the "ice" form of a

bucket of water praying to the "steam" form of
itself (e.g. Luke 6:12). Further, did water start out
as liquid and then decide to "beget" for itself
another personality as "ice" and then add on a
third personality as "steam"? Did God start out
with one "personality" and then one day "beget"
for Himself multiple personalities to keep Him
company?. Does He usually speak to His other
personalities and beseech them for salvation?
(Matthew 27:46) Did He sacrifice one of His
personalities to "save" mankind? Do some of His
personalities have knowledge not available to others
(Mark 13:32)? Are some of His "personalities"
more powerful than others (John 14:28)? Are some
of his personalities submissive to others (Luke
22:41-44)? Is this our mental picture of God? How
will we answer Him on the day of judgment when
He asks us about these claims we have made
against Him?

In order to demonstrate the absurdity of this "ice,

water, and steam" theory, let us use the following
analogy:

Military/Student Joe:

Assume that "Joe" is a university student who is

also serving in the army. In such a case we might be
able to say that there are two "personalities" to Joe,
a "student" personality and a "military"
personality. Does this mean that it is logical to
imagine "student Joe" humbling himself before
"military Joe" and appealing to him to have mercy
upon him while "military Joe" sat some distance
away accepting "student Joe's" pleas and
considering whether to grant them or not (Matthew
26:39)?
 Further, if some killers attacked "student Joe"
while he was in the university, would it be logical
for us to claim that "student Joe" ran for the
telephone and pleaded with "military Joe" to
quickly come and save him? Would it be logical to
say that "military Joe" did not answer this plea and
"student Joe" was murdered in the university while
"military Joe" remained safe and unharmed in the
military base?

Continuing, according to the Bible, God and Jesus

are claimed to not be equal in knowledge nor in
power (Mark 13:32, John 14:28, etc.). So is it then
logical in the above analogy to claim that "military
Joe" is stronger than "student Joe" or that
"student Joe" is smarter than "military Joe"?

It is always important when we are presented with a

theory or "explanation" regarding the claimed
"Trinity" to carefully analyze it and apply it to the
Bible and test it thoroughly before accepting it. It is
not at all acceptable to say I can not explain it nor
prove it, neither does the Bible explicitly command
me to have blind faith in this matter, yet since the
church told me to do so, therefore, I shall do so.
Indeed, Jesus (pbuh) wanted his followers to think,
analyze, study, ask questions, and interrogate. This
is his very FIRST commandment (Mark 12:30).
Indeed, the Bible teaches us "For God is not [the
author] of confusion" 1 Corinthians 14:33.

Let us conclude this section with a very eloquent

example which was once presented by the British
scholar Richard Porson. One day, Porson was
discussing the "Trinity" with a Trinitarian friend
when a buggy containing three men passed by.
"There," Porson's friend exclaimed "is an
illustration of the Trinity." Porson replied "No, you
must show me one man in three buggies, if you
can."