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Originally Posted by crhoades  The triple point breaks down because when you say water existing in all three states, a water molecule isn't in question. You would have to have many molecules: 1 is in the state of vapor. 1 is in the state of liquid. 1 is in the state of solid. You can't have 1 water molecule in all three states at once which is what you'd need for the Trinity analogy to work. |
Why? God is one in substance. Water is all made up of the same molecule - H2O (the same substance). The states describe the relationship between the molecules, not the state of individual molecules. You can not assign a phase to a single molecule of water.
I think there is some an idea that God is a singularity - a unit. I think this is philosophical speculation. God the Father does not have physical substance as far as we know. He does not have a body. But this does not mean God does not have parts an all senses of parts. He has different thoughts at least. We do not have to say God is one in a physical sense or a metaphysical sense. "God is one" is a metaphor, just as "God is love" is a metaphor. I think we are pushing the metaphor beyond what is reasonable or necessary.