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2. Topic
• In this thesis I am going to show that Trinity and idolatry is against
the fundamental principles of the Abrahamic religion and that is
why Christianity is with out any basis. Trinity and idolatry are
component of the Hinduism .
• The wise Christians , Like Newton, were actually Mohammedans.
3. Idolatry in Bible
• “You shall have no other gods before
me. “You shall not make for yourself a
carved image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or
that is in the earth beneath, or that is
in the water under the earth. You shall
not bow down to them or serve them,
for I the LORD your God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
on the children to the third and the
fourth generation of those who hate
me, but showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who love me and
keep my commandments.” (exodus
20:3-6)
4. • The idols of the nations are silver
and gold, the work of human
hands. They have mouths, but do
not speak; they have eyes, but do
not see; they have ears, but do not
hear, nor is there any breath in
their mouths. Those who make
them become like them, so do all
who trust in them!(Psalm135 :15-
18)
5. • The rest of mankind, who were
not killed by these plagues, did
not repent of the works of their
hands nor give up worshiping
demons and idols of gold and
silver and bronze and stone and
wood, which cannot see or hear or
walk,(Revelation 9:20)
6. • So we can see that the old
testament clearly says that
idolatry is a fundamental sin.
7. The problems with Christianity:Trinity
• In Trinitarian doctrine, God exists
as three persons or hypostases,
but is one being, having a single
divine nature. The members of the
Trinity are co-equal and co-
eternal, one in essence, nature,
power, action, and will. As stated
in the Athanasian Creed, the
Father is uncreated, the Son is
uncreated, and the Holy Spirit is
uncreated, and all three are
eternal without beginning."
8. • “The Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit" are not names for
different parts of God, but one
name for God because three
persons exist in God as one
entity. They cannot be separate
from one another. Each person is
understood as having the identical
essence or nature, not merely
similar natures.
• (Wikipedia)
9. • Now we now from arithmetic
• 1+1+1 =3 and not 1
• Even in Quantum Physics
• Triplet of Quarks break into 3
separate Quarks namely Red ,blue
and green.
• So What does trinity means ? that
if unison of 3 Gods is bombarded
by some cosmic force they would
break into 3 separate Gods ?
• Then there are 3 gods ! ( God
forbid)
10. • Now my Christian friends can
say :The God allows trinity
and it is Ok to believe in
Trinity ! Then consider the
following argument:
11. • The "Trimūrti"is a concept
in Hinduism "in which the
cosmic functions
of creation, maintenance,
and destruction are personifie
d by the forms of Brahma the
creator, Vishnu the preserver,
and Shiva the destroyer or
transformer.“( Wikipedia)
12. • The Hindus can also say that
The God is 3 in 1 .
• Then where is the difference
between the Christianity and
the Hinduism ?
• The Christian religion does
not remain like an Abrahamic
religion; it becomes a pagan
religion.
13. The problems with Christianity :
Idolatry of the Christ.
• The Christians worship Jesus
as God , which is completely
idolatry ! And that Goes
against the First principle of
The Abrahamic Religion!
• Again that Christianity no
longer remains an Abrahamic
religion it becomes a pagan
one.
14. • Now my Christian friends can
say that Jesus is the son of the
God so it is right to worship
Christ as god . But then again
The Hindu can say that the
Krishna is the Avatar of the
God so it is logical to worship
him. So where is the difference
between the Christianity and
Hinduism?
15. • My basic argument is:
Christianity has trinity and
Hinduism has Trinity .
• Christians worship Jesus as god ,
Hindu worship Krishna as god.
• Then, Christianity =Hinduism.
• The Christianity looses its
distinction as an Abrahamic
religion.
• Therefore idolatry and trinity
can’t be a part of the original
Christianity that Jesus had
preached.
16. • Now I am going to discuss the
religious faiths of several
prominent Christians to
strengthen my point further.
17. Arians
• Arians do not believe in the
traditional doctrine of the Trinity,
which holds that God
encompasses three persons in one
being. The letter of Arian
Auxentius regarding the Arian
missionary Ulfilas gives the
clearest picture of Arian beliefs.
Arian Ulfilas, who was ordained a
bishop by Arian Eusebius of
Nicomedia and returned to his
people to work as a missionary,
believed
18. • : God, the Father,
("unbegotten" God; Almighty
God) always existing and who
is the only true God (John
17:3). Son of God, Jesus Christ,
("only-begotten God" John
1:18; Mighty God Isaiah 9:6)
begotten before time began
(Proverbs 8:22-29; Revelation
3:14; Colossians 1:15) and who
is Lord/Master (1 Cor 8:6).
The Holy Spirit (the
illuminating and sanctifying
power, who is neither God nor
Lord/Master.(Wikipedia)
19. Socinianism
• Socinian theology, as
summarized in the Racovian
Catechism, rejected the views
of orthodox Christian
theology on God's knowledge,
on the doctrine of the
Trinity and the divinity
of Christ, and on soteriology.
20. • Christology
• The Racovian publications, like
the Sozzinis, rejected the pre-
existence of Christ and held
that Jesus Christ did not exist
until he was conceived of
the virgin birth as a human
being. This view had been put
forward before by the 4th-
century bishop Photinus, but it
differed from the
mainline Protestant, Eastern
Orthodox and Catholic views,
which hold that the Logos
referred to in the Gospel of John
was God, thus is uncreated and
eternal.(Wikipedia)
21. Isaac Newton
• According to most scholars,
Newton was Arian not holding
to Trinitarianism 'In Newton's
eyes, worshipping Christ as
God was idolatry, to him the
fundamental sin'. As well as
being anti Trinitarian, Newton
allegedly rejected the orthodox
doctrines of the immortal
soul a personal devil and
literal demons
22. • Although he was not
a Socinian he shared many
similar beliefs with them. A
manuscript he sent to John
Locke in which he disputed the
existence of the Trinity was
never published.(Wikipedia)
23. • Newton wrote a long article about the
passage found in 1 John 5:7 in the
King James Version, which indeed
sounds a bit like the Athanasian
Creed: “For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these
three are one” (1 John 5:7). Not
satisfied with this passage, Newton
went back and read the text of the
Vulgate as well as the original Greek.
He showed that the words “in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost; and these three are one” did
not appear in the original Greek
manuscripts.(Jones,E.S.)
24. • So Sir Isaac Newton rejected
the Trinitirianism , Idolatry of
the Christ.
• He believed that the God is 1
and Jesus was a human.
• He realized that trinity and
idolatry is the component of
Hinduism and not Abrahamic
religion.
25. Jesus in Quran
• 72. Surely, they have disbelieved
who say: "Allah is the Messiah
['Iesa (Jesus)], son of Maryam
(Mary)." But the Messiah ['Iesa
(Jesus)] said: "O Children of
Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord
and your Lord." Verily, whosoever
sets up partners in worship with
Allah, then Allah has forbidden
Paradise for him, and the Fire will
be his abode . And for
theZalimun (polytheists and
wrong-doers) there are no
helpers.(Quran: Maidah)
26. • 73. Surely, disbelievers are
those who said: "Allah is the
third of the three (in a
Trinity)." But there is
no ilah (god) (none who has
the right to be worshipped) but
One Ilah (God -Allah). And if
they cease not from what they
say, verily, a painful torment
will befall the disbelievers
among them. (Quran: Maidah)
27. • Newton’s believes were consistent with the
teachings of Al Quran, Though he was a
Christian his believes were like that of the
Mohamedans’.
• Quran says
• Allah bears witness that La ilaha illa
Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped
but He), and the angels, and those having
knowledge (also give this witness); (He is
always) maintaining His creation in
Justice. La ilah illa Huwa (none has the
right to be worshipped but He), the All-
Mighty, the All-Wise. (Imran:`18)
• Newton was a wise man , he realized , there
is , only one God,.
28. Charles Darwin
• Fame and honors brought a
stream of enquiries about
Darwin's religious views, leading
him to comment "Half the fools
throughout Europe write to ask
me the stupidest questions." He
sometimes retorted sharply, "I am
sorry to have to inform you that I
do not believe in the Bible as a
divine revelation, & therefore not
in Jesus Christ as the Son of God",
• (Wikipedia)
29. • "In my most extreme
fluctuations I have never been
an atheist in the sense of
denying the existence of a
God.— I think that generally
(& more and more so as I grow
older) but not always, that an
agnostic would be the most
correct description of my state
of mind.“—Darwin.
(Wikipedia)
30. Islam and atheism
• The Kalma (basic faith) of Islam
has two parts :
• La Ilaha , Illa Allah
• =There is no God , but one God.
• So Atheism is the first part of the
kalma. When Darwin said “there
is no God “ he said “ La Ilaha “ in
Arabic.
31. Islam and Darwinism
• He realized that, the survival of
the fittest is the law of nature.
• So the Christian doctrine that the
God is loving ,forgiving and
merciful is not scientific.
• “ For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal
life”.(John3:16)
32. • Allah Says in the Holy Qur'an:
And fear Allah, Verily, Allâh is
Severe in punishment [59:7].
• Quran says God is the severe
punisher . Darwinism is more
consistent with Quran than Bilble.
• “Permission to fight is given to
those (i.e. believers against
disbelievers), who are fighting
them, (and) because they
(believers) have been wronged,
and surely, Allah is Able to give
them (believers) victory” ( Quran:
hajj :30)
33. • Quran Supports fighting wars
which is consistent with the
theory of Social Darwinism.
• So What can we see?
• Darwin was an atheist .
• Darwinism supports war and
cruelty.
• These are consistent with
Islam ,therefore Darwin was
more of a Mohammedan than
a Christian.
34. Ernest Hemingway
• Modernist writer Hemingway
wrote short story : a clean well
lighted place: where an old waiter
used to pray by substituting the
words in significant places.
• “Our nada who art in nada, nada be
thy name thy kingdom nada thy will
be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give
us this nada our daily nada and nada
us our nada as we nada our nadas and
nada us not into nada but deliver us
from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing
full of nothing, nothing is with thee.”
35. • Nada is a Spanish word; means
Nothing, so the old man is praying
““Our 0 who art in o, 0 be thy
name thy kingdom 0 thy will be 0
in 0 as it is in 0. Give us this 0 our
daily 0 and ……..”
• He is saying God =0 ( And not 3 )
It is like first part of the kalma “
La ilaha “( =There is no God).
• Therefore ,this Christian is more
like a Mohammedan than a
Christian.
• Hemingway was a wise man , he
knew trinity is unscientific.
37. • Jesus Christ dying on the cross
for the sins of the mankind is
not an exclusive Christian
idea. It is found in the Aztec
legend of the Quetzalcoatl.
• the Mexican God is
represented crucified and
nailed to the cross, and in
another place hanging to it,
with a cross in his hands. And
in one instance, where the
figure is not merely outlined,
the cross is red, the clothes are
colored, and the face and
hands quite black.
38. • The similarities between the
Christ and the Quetzalcoatl is
so striking that some
“intellectual” claim that it is
the Christ who went to Mexico
via India (Matlock, D.G.)
• My point is that “ the God or
the son of the God , crucified
on the cross for the sin of the
mankind “ is a pagan concept;
not an Abrahamic one.
39. • "And because of their saying: We slew
the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary,
Allah's messenger - they slew him
not nor crucified him, but it
appeared so unto them; and lo!
those who disagree concerning it are
in doubt thereof; they have no
knowledge thereof save pursuit of a
conjecture; they slew him not for
certain". Quran. 4:157
• Quran rejects the concept that Jesus
was ever crucified. Islam is nearer to
the Abrahamic religion than
Christianity.
40. Bertrand Russell
• Russell did not believe that
God exists. As we have
mentioned already , the Kalma
• Has two part La ilaha , Illa
Allah , = there is no God , but
one God. In Arabic he is saying
“La ilaha”.
• First part of the Kalma.
• Also , God =0 means, idolatry
=0 .
• Russell is an atheist, means he
is rejecting idolatry
41. • Bertrand Russell believed
that the Christ never existed.
• That means he denies the
believe in Crucifixion.
• So, Russell rejected the
idolatry of the Christ and the
Crucifixion .
• He was more of a
Mohammedan than a
Christian.
42. Conclusion
• The Old Testament says ,
there is only one God and
idolatry is a fundamental sin.
• But Christianity says There
are three Gods (in one) and
Idolatry of the Christ is
permitted.
• So Christianity contradicts
with the Abrahamic religion.
43. • Now a Christian can argue that the
trinity and the idolatry of Jesus, is the
New dispensation.
• Then a Hindu can argue that the
Trinity of Vishnu ,Brahma and Shiva
unites to form one God and the
idolatry of Krishna as God is the
Testament.
• Therefore Christianity becomes
Hinduism rather than Abrahamism.
• This is the reason why , the wise
among the Christians rejected the
Christianity.
44. References:
• For Newton:
• Religious views of Isaac Newton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Isaac_Newton
• A Brief Survey of Sir Isaac Newton's Views on Religion | Religious ...
• https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/converging.../brief-survey-sir-isaac-
newtons-views-religi.
• For Paganism and Christianity:
• Parallels between the Christian gospels and Pagan mythology
• www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa1.htm
• Brown, Dan. Angels & Demons , Pocket Books : 2000.
• For QuetzalCoatl:
• Was Mexico's God Quetzalcoatl Jesus Christ? - Viewzone
• www.viewzone.com/gene.word.htm