also the trinity is rooted in almost all gentile nations (egyptians, assyrians etc) so anyone thinking that the trinity is monotheistic is following himself.
The concept of the Trinity being both three and one is not that difficult to grasp. Imagine pouring three different types of paint together. They mix up together to form a single color, despite being made up of three unique colors.
I have no idea what you mean when you say the concept is rooted in Egyptian or Assyrian culture. There is nothing even similar to a Trinity in either region's religions.
Here's some pics of their sun worship trinity oh btw the india trinity is also called a triune god
http://www.watchtower.org/e/ti/article_04.htm
You're assuming because Hindu is older than Christianity that all doctrines therein predate Christianity as well.
The doctrine of their trinity(Vishnu, Krisna and Brahma)
post dates Christianity. Krishna existed centuries before Christ, but he was not considered to be a supreme deity for a long time thereafter(9th century).
The exact reason for the adoption of the Trinity is not easy to pin down. Though I agree it is partly due to pagan influences, it also partly to do with the Gospels themselves.
Matthew turned Jesus into a God child, and there wasn't much going back from there. It was only a matter of time before Jesus became a god himself. John flatly stated Jesus was a god. Unitarianism is impossible with the current cannon.
But if you have a greater God and a lesser god, you no longer worship only one God. Now you worship two gods. Therefore, it became vital that Jesus be elevated to the status of co-equal with God. Only by Jesus
being God in the flesh, could the Oneness be persevered.
http://paganizingfaithofyeshua.netfirms.com/no_11_isis_and_serapis.htm
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I'm not trying to hurt peoples feelings or anything but it's a fact that the christian trinity is a 4th century invention that came from pagan origin.
It's not a 4th century invention. It's a 2nd century concept. Tertullian is the church father who first worked it out, and it became almost instantly the dominant belief within the church.
Either way the fact that trinitARIANS believe that Jesus is NOT created contradicts scripture because it says he's created and according to the trinity doctrine Jehovah(YHWH) and Jesus are both equally eternal, yet Jesus has a beginning.
*Shrugs*
No idea what the Jehovah's witness believe. They're officially considered outside of the Christian faith by the Council of Churches, so they don't technically count as Christians. They're a Christian heresy.
Can you give me the scripture where it says God wrestled with Jacob please.
Yep
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.