I understand the egg analogy. I don’t agree with it. I have always considered the connection between Jesus and god to be comparable to something molecular like a water molecule is 2 hydrogen plus an oxygen atom, so that can all become connected through a similar molecular process and be one with Christ as well.



however, the main problem that I have with this analogy is how often it is used to determine whether someone is saved or not. This claim is made by people who claim they are not religious even though they promote the acceptance of something that essentially is used to create a social identity. Therefore, making the believer by definition religious because they believe something for the sake of acceptance into a club rather than something that is based on personal experience.



Romans 10:9 says “If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”



now I have done this because I had the experience of being born again that included some degree of trancendence and communication with the Holy Spirit, so this seems like something rational to accept.



from this point, the experience of knowing god is continued in the process of seeking to know him or see him as a result of this ability to communicate through the Holy Spirit.



“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8.



therefore, at no time am I required to accept the doctrine of the trinity if this is not something that god reveals about himself to me through the process of seeking him unless I am seeking external approval.



If I were to paint a picture of this communication through the Holy Spirit, I would use an image of a Milky Way or even water when light is reflecting on it so that it appears as different colors. I would not use an egg at all unless I were to leave this experience behind and become religious, which I think many Christians do at one point or the other because they hit some kind of wall in their ability to understand things spiritually.



this is where meditation would be good, which is a bad word when you have gone in the direction of becoming a religious Christian. However, it is really the same thing as saying you need to rest your mind. The sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath (mark 2:27).



I think the hypocrisy of requiring acceptance of the trinity becomes more pronounced when the claim is made that Catholics are not Christians. If anyone adheres to the doctrine of the trinity, it is the Catholic Church, which should automatically guarantee them salvation according to most discussions defending the trinity. Yet, somehow they are still exempt from salvation by many people.



this again demonstrate the religious nature of many people who claim to be Christians because they appear to enjoy picking and choosing the things that determine whether someone is saved or not.



in reality, the definition is a lot looser than the religion of Christianity makes it out to be, and as disappointing as it might be that there is no way to control who can identify as a a Christian may be for many people. It is very difficult to identify who is and who is not Christian in reality because Christianity is a lot more like a process of initiation.



that word also probably scares most of the protestant population, but there is no real protection in isolating a Christian vocabulary. It really does just that, it isolates the Christian community that is supposed to spread the gospel.



and it is much like an initiation process. You can start very small, and grow from there in your own ability to understand things along the way. So the idea that so many people seem to think they can tell other people whether they are saved or not is absolutely stupid.



it is even stupider to think you can tell people they aren’t saved if they don’t accept the doctrine of the trinity which most every person doesn’t learned through first hand experience anyway. It is all derived from the experience of being religious rather than the experience of following Jesus.







