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AXIOMS
1. A = YHWH/God/Divine essence
2. X = The Father
3. Y = The son
4. (X = A) ∨ (X ≠ A)
5. (Y = A) ∨ (Y ≠ A)
6: T = Trinity
7. M = Modalism
8. (M = T) → ⊥
9. (M ≠ T) → ¬⊥
(X = A) ∧ (Y = A) → (X=Y)
Simplified:
X is A, and Y is A, therefore, X is Y.
In Trinitarianism: X (The Father) and Y (The Son) are not identical, therefore,
(X = A) ∧ (Y = A) ∧ (X ≠ Y) → ⊥
Simplified: X is A, and Y is A. X is not Y. Therefore, contradiction.
Trinitarian counterargument: "The persons are numerically distinct from eachother, and count as something different apart of divine essence."
Reductio ad absurdum with 2 possibilities:
(1) "The persons and the essence are equal and that is no distinction, aka the essence is the persons.":
(a) (X = A) ∧ (Y = A) ∧ (X=Y) → ¬⊥M.
(b) (X = A) ∧ (Y = A) ∧ (X=Y) → ⊥T.
Simplified:
(a) X is A, and Y is A, and X is Y. Therefore, no contradiction to modalism.
(b) X is A, and Y is A, and X is Y. Therefore, contradiction to Trinitarianism. (The person isnt the divine essence)
∴ This collapses into modalism and contradicts Trinitarianism, because the persons are identical. Therefore, Trinitarianism is false.
(2) "The persons are distinct from the divine essence aka the essence is-not the persons."
Then the argument stands, because:
(a) (X = A) ∨ (X ≠ A)
(b) (X ∼ A) → (X ≠ A)
∴(X ≠ A) → ⊥T
Simplified:
(a) Law of non-contradiction (X is either A, or Not-A)
(b) If X is not fully identical/only alike to A, then, X is not-A. (The person isnt the divine essence)
∴ X is not A, therefore the trinity is contradictory
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