re: Why isn't the Trinity mentioned in the bible?

The foundation of christianity is the resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Jesus being worshiped as God (in the way we think about today) was a development that came about much later after Jesus's death.

This is actually false. A portion of 1 Cor 15 that discusses his (Jesus)showing himself to people (500) including the apostles resulted in what took place in Acts 1-2.

The Bible (New Testament) were written decades after jesus was actually on the earth. That does not invalidate the veracity of the New Testament. The church decided on what books of the bible would be included in the 3rd century.

I would suggest looking at experts who have studied the early church fathers. Athanisus, Polycarp, Ignaius and others

These guys were disciples of Jesus' disciples and they affirmed Jesus divity

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2 Corinthians 13:14
14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.


Luke 1:35
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Matthew 28:19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luke 3:21-22
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

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You beat me to it.

OP is a fricking stooge who clearly has never actually read the Bible.

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Because Yeshua bar Yusef was a pious Jew seeking to reform the corrupt priestly hierarchy.

He would have been horrified at the notion that billions of people would come to see him as a deity.

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WHO??

I'm not so much insulted by your delusion and lies than feeling sadness for you.

Your constant, open public hostility toward Christianity, the deity of Jesus Christ and the Gospel seems to reinforce the following scripture:

"And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

~ 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 ESV


“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”

~ John 12:40 ESV

I don't know what has occurred to cause such overt hostility, but while you still live in breathe in this temporal world, your Eternal Life destination amazingly still remains on hold by the Grace of God.

Humble yourself, be repentant, and ask Jesus Christ that the Truth be revealed to you in His name. Amen.

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So, you've never actually read the Bible, eh? "“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:19).

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textbook confirmation bias.

The clear and unambiguous words of that verse reference baptism in the name of three separate entities.

You claim that those three entities are one, because you have been led to believe that. Nothing in the text of that verse demsnds that interpretation.

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I don't know what has occurred to cause such overt hostility

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Objectivity, not hostility.

It arises from education and intelligence.

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It arises from education and intelligence.

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You aren’t educated about the Gospel of John. You read a couple internet summations and you think you’re educated. You’ve just made some rando internet critics your own little pope. That’s the opposite of being educated. It’s an anti-faith which simply suits your predispositions.

I thought John of Patmos and John the apostle (who wrote the Gospel of John) were two different people.

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Objectivity, not hostility.

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It's not objective to reject veracity out of hand. No other similar document has an equal historical record nor is held to the same ludicrous standard of crtliticism.

Skepticism is not objectivity.

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I'm genuinely curious as to why it's not mentioned, considering it's the foundation of most modern day Christianity.

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In my opinion, it’s a Roman invention designed to elevate Jesus to diety status, while attempting to conform to the first commandment of Mosaic law.

It’s really interesting to read 1 Enoch and also the Ascension of Isaiah to understand early Christian thinking. 1 Enoch in fact is the most quoted and referenced book by the New Testament though it has been deleted and declared non canonical by the early Roman church.

Early Christians were a continuation of the first temple Israelite (offshoot of Canaanite) religion, who saw the second temple religion created by Cyrus of Persia as evil. The exodus with Moses was fabricated by Persian writers, and so the Early Christians did not subscribe to Mosaic law. First temple religion was polytheistic with El Elyon, Asherah, Yahweh, and many more. They elevated Yahweh but still believed and worshipped other gods. Asherah was Yahweh’s wife, and she became the Holy Spirit in later texts (Ruach Elohim).

Earliest Christians believed Jesus was an archangel from the seventh heaven who was sent down by El Elyon in an exterior shell of human flesh and was crucified by demons in the first heaven, and his blood was spilled over the earth to purify it. Later early Christian writings turned Jesus into a man. By the time you get to John, that writer explains all the problems the synoptic gospels got wrong.

The Trinity is just further evidence of the continued evolution of the religion. They wanted to use the Jewish Bible as the foundation for understanding of the New Testament, and since they were now claiming for Jesus to be divine, they had to invent a doctrine that squared away the first commandment in the (at the time) current Jewish Bible.