#c: trinity

[artsy-sunny]

More Sheeztober pieces!!

Day 3 felt fitting to do with Harley, since she's already a pretty common OC I use for horror settings.

And Day 4 being poison fit well with Trinity since in the D&D lore I have with my friends basically every envy fiend has toxic blood.

[neokamui414]

[xwilltruman]

to qualify for robby’s mentorship program you must:

be male

have a siblings-like relationship with a local lesbian

exhibit A: langdon and garcia

exhibit B: whitaker and santos

[causeimanartist]

Do do do doodle

[civicrose]

finally got gauss and put him straight into kuva fortress

don't do that

[kendallgoode]

Some Dexter fan art as I make my way through a rewatch before the new series starts.

[wilnickmagazine]

Brian & Dexter - Dexter Original Sin

[tanadrin]

@afloweroutofstone

The “Catholic trinitarianism = polytheism” meme has always struck me as a misreading of Catholic theology It’s just monotheism with extra steps

sorry, the muslims and jews are right about this one. trinitarianism is the kind of nonsense you get when a bureaucratic committee is given the task of hammering out how jesus can be divine but not god but also there's only one god; the fact it is so easy to fall into heresy when dealing with christology (is jesus an aspect of god? modalism. heresy! is jesus created by god rather than "proceeding" from him, whatever that means? arianism. heresy! are the persons distinct beings united in one "will"? mormonism. heresy!) isn't because christology/trinitarianism is philosophically subtle, it's because it's incoherent.

but it was enforced as a dogma by state-backed religious authorities long enough to take root, and when the peasants asked how this could possibly be true the priest could say, "it's a mystery, you have to have faith, now shut up." but "one god existing in three distinct, consubstantial persons, who are each fully god" one of whom is furthermore "fully human and fully divine" is literally nested oxymorons.

it's like the eucharist being both really the body of christ and also chemically indistinguishable from bread; that people believe this is a demonstration of both the power of religious authorities and adherents' willingness to signal in-group membership, it's not a coherent metaphysical claim.

in practical terms there are social and formal consequences to the doctrine of the trinity that make christianity resemble other monotheistic religions in many important ways--this is why i categorize christianity as "less monotheistic" but not fully polytheistic--but it also resembles polytheism in many important ways! well, catholicism and eastern orthodoxy even more than protestantism, but that's in part because of the whole saints thing, which is a totally different bag of worms.

[faeriefully]

C. S. Lewis is credited for popularizing the three Ls explanation for the logic of Christ’s divinity.

Taking the gospels and Christ’s own words, there are only three options. Christ is either a Liar, a Lunatic, or He is Lord of all (God incarnate).

Why is this the only logical conclusion?

Christ Himself claims to be God.

In the book of John we find many “I Am” statements made by Christ.

“He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.””

‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

*note that the “he” is an addition for English translation. The Greek does not contain it. It is Ego Eimi: I Am that I Am.

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“So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am.” So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.”

‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭57‬-‭59‬ ‭ESV‬‬

—

“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭35‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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These two, along with others “I Am” statements in the book of John, are constructed in the Greek as Ego Eimi.

“The Greek construction lying behind this phrase is very important. To emphasize the “I” in an “I am” statement, writers and speakers would use the construction ego eimi meaning “I, I myself, am.” This is done very rarely in the Bible but ego eimi is the construction we find behind every “I AM” statement in the gospel of John. Significantly, the ego eimi construction is also found in the Greek translation of Exodus 3:14 when God declares of Himself: “I AM WHO I AM.” Over and over again when Jesus utters these “I AM” statements, He is making reference to His own deity. No first century Jew who was trained in the Scriptures would have missed this.”

— R. C. Sproul

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Why does this matter?

Because, if Jesus is claiming the name of God, claiming to be divine, to be able to forgive sins, then there is a lot of weight on the validity of his statements.

Jesus is claiming to be God.

This means:

He is either a liar— a blasphemer in which is was correct for the Jews to attempt to kill Him. It would also mean that He is not a “moral” teacher whose lessons should be obeyed. Nothing He says is of trustworthiness. He is an enemy of God. And we should not believe, obey, nor follow His teachings. He is incapable of forgiving sin. He is a sinner. He cannot provide righteousness on our behalf. He cannot atone for sin nor bear the wrath of God without perishing. He is temporal. He is dead. He offers no salvation.

Or

He is a lunatic. A madman who believed Himself to be God and a blasphemer. Nothing He says is of trustworthiness. In which, again, it is correct for the Jews to attempt to kill him. He is an enemy of God. And we should not believe, obey, nor follow His teachings. Again, he is a sinner, incapable of providing substitution or forgiveness. He is dead. He is temporal, unable to atone for anyone, not even himself. He offers no salvation for anyone.

OR

He is Lord.

He is telling the truth. He is the Bread of Life. He is the Light of the World. He is the great I Am. He is the good shepherd. He is the lamb slain before the foundation of the world— capable of forgiving sin, able to intercede for us. He is our comforter. He is our caretaker. He is perfect, incapable of sin, deceit, lies, or failure. He is infinite and eternal, capable to bear the wrath of God without perishing for all His people’s sins, present, past, and future.

He provides righteousness and salvation for all who place their trust in Him.

He is God, our savior.

—

If Jesus is not God, there is no salvation.

Listen to our Lord who calls you,

“All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭27‬-‭30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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Come. Repent. Cast your burdens and your sin upon Jesus, our God who can remove your iniquity and comfort your grief.

[immortalmuses]

          The dilapidated stairwell remains the same. No doors rearranged, no black cats on the landing. Trinity breathes a slow sigh of relief as she heads upward, two stories, then three. She pushes on the fire escape door at the top of the stairs, its rusted hinges announcing her arrival as she emerges into the open air of the roof.

          When she sees Neo, she breathes a second sigh. Elation.

          "They haven't made changes..." Trin says by way of greeting, hopping up onto the roof ledge alongside the other hacker. She follows the line of Neo's gaze across the city skyline, wonders at how he must see this simulation now. If they are even looking at the same sunset. "... it should make things easier. Unless it's a trap."

Neo's already jacked in by the time Trinity joins him in the Matrix, watching for Agents from the roof of the abandoned building. Simulated wind whistles between the streets, but he finds that the cold doesn't really bother him these days --- they have bigger things to worry about, after all.

They have a plan, calculated to the minute, so he knows how long to wait before he knows things brave gone belly up and to start looking for an escape --- but for now, he waits for Trinity on the rooftop.

[artsy-sunny]

aaand more d&d characters

[clairedelune-13]

These 3 individuals have taken over my existence.

[causeimanartist]

I'm trying to just get back into drawing more so have some sketchy sketches

[t-andwood]

"Damn, that's cold." Walt let the woman besides him know, with a nod of his head. "You know, if she's not waiting for you at the end of this with your very own pumpkin spice latte and those hella good doughnuts— I wouldn't be opposed to thinking she did it on purpose." Walt said, teasingly before adding a dun, dun, dun. "Yeah, I have an inkling of how to get out, c'mon. I'm trying to get out of here before the rest of my friends, we kind of have a bet going on."

"This morning when I agreed to come to the pumpkin patch with my sister I didn't think it would mean spending my day lost in a corn maze while she prances off with her friends to drink fresh pumpkin spice lattes without me. Please tell me you know the way out."

[moookar]

They mean so much to me. Gwuh

[eveningspirit]

So, I had a really bad day today, and I needed to make myself better. By inflicting a lot of pain on my favorite character.

How Strong, How Tough

The story was supposed to be a one-shot: written for Febuwhump 2025 prompt No. 2 “Holding back tears”

Trinity finds something she might use against Langdon, if he keeps being curt toward her

But then stuff happened.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Chapter Two

Langdon-centric, h/c (no comfort as of now), i don't know what im doing