Where does it say Jesus is the Word? Are you just assuming that, or is there some other reference to him as such?

And your distiction of the Trinity as one being with 3 distinct persons being different from the other "pagan" trinities... well, in Hinduism, doesn't within the one being/essence/substance that is Brahman, there exist three co-eternal persons, namely, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva? I realize there are differences, but the being vs. person thing seems to work just as well for the Hindu Trimurti as it does the Christian Trinity.

And just out of curiousity: what authority, if any, do you give to church creeds like the one you mentioned?

(And bible just means book, but you already know that.)

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