basically he is challenging the fact that Jesus is divine and stating that christians believe in 3 gods
from my limited knowledge i will say the following
Jesus Christ is the Son of God as shown in the New Testament.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 NKJV
Jesus knew many doubted Him and at one point He told them
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.John 14:9-11 NKJV
aral questioned how could a god die
the answer is in Hebrews
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor,
that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.Hebrews 2:9 NKJV
to fulfill the requirement of payment for sin, which God already warned about since the beginning in Genesis.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV
and Romans
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 NKJV
aral is arguing from a purely human understanding because how can three be one? how can god have a son? and how can a divine being be killed?
but is not the very basis of faith believing in the supernatural?
if we can believe God can create the heavens and earth, man out of dust, how much more difficult would it be for God to create an ovum, in the womb of a virgin and infuse His very being within it?
if God is omnipresence why would it be illogical for Jesus to pray to the Father for the benefit of those around Him?
for example
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
John 11:41-42 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.11.41-42.NKJVaral is basing his questions on writings produced about 600 years after the time of Christ and they were not new questions.
so many during those times did believe in a form of christianity but denied the divinity of Jesus.
as christians, we are not surprised because this has been the tactic of the devil since the beginning.
we see it in the temptation of Jesus
And the devil said to Him,
“If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ” Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him,
“If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
Luke 4:3-12 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.4.3-12.NKJVinstead of trying to argue over words, aral should look at the overall context of what the bible actually says.
i think i have mentioned before that the bible is coherent and consistent. you find overarching connections between the old and new testaments. God is shown to be consistent in His righteousness, mercy and love.
He does not say one thing in one place then another thing elsewhere.
even from Genesis itself, the solution to sin was already presented.
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
Genesis 3:15 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/gen.3.15.NKJVon the cross of Calvary, Jesus crushed the devil by dying for all mankind, making payment for sin in full.
the only requirement God has is for us to believe in Jesus, the Son He sent to us, and surrendering our lives in obedience to Him, much like returning to the original conditions in Genesis, when God instructed Adam to obey Him in not touching the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Yes you are correct the Holy Bible is both coherent and consistent.
Anyone who is born again will understand immediately every word that is recorded in the Holy Bible and that there is no contradiction whatsoever. If there is any contradiction at all even the slightest one, it is simply because one has not been born again.
This discourse from the very beginning was destined to end in nothing but futility. To what can I draw the concept of the Holy Trinity on ... human beings are made of flesh and blood and of the spirit. 3 elements put together and what you have is a human being. Likewise it with the Holy Trinity ie God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit, together they make 1 God. Every Christian understands this easily and readily accepts it but to him it is impossible for God the Spirit has been permanently removed from the equation and that's where contradiction comes in. The worst of all are attempts to undermine God the Son as the rightfull Teacher, just so that personal teachings can inputed either unknowingly or worse still knowingly.
We can talk till the cows come home, it ain't going to make no difference simply because we Christians have our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son as our cornerstone, our Teacher and our Master, while others don't. Undertaking Sacred Scripture reading for him as a scholar project, in my opinion he has too much time on his hands.