FAQ in dawah: Christianity - Trinity and Son of God

Last updated: 26 July 2025 From the section FAQ in dawah

3 gods (Trinity) vs 1 god (Unity)

What is 1 god + 1 god + 1 god?
Are they co-equal?
1 God but 3 essence? Can you have 3 uncreated essences rather than 1 singular essence?
1 God (the Father) along with 2 distinct divine person (Son and Holy Spirit)? That's polytheism (i.e. worship of many gods)
There's a hierarchy in Trinity as Father is superior to Son and Holy Ghost. How is that possible if they're one?
Father knew things which Jesus didn't (e.g. the Hour in Mark 13:32). But god knows everything. So Jesus can't be god and co-equal as one knows (i.e. Father) and one doesn't (i.e. Jesus)
Where in the Bible does Jesus say he's god?
Did Jesus worship himself any time (i.e. the man version worshipping the god version)?
Jesus lower than angels for a little while (Hebrews 2:9). How can Jesus be God if he's lower than angels?
Jesus was hungry (Matthew 4:2), thirsty (John 4:7), and got tired (John 4:6). These are hallmark of Jesus' humanity. An All-Sufficient, All-Powerful God does not need this
If you believe Jesus is part of god, then why can't you just say god and not 'in the name of Jesus'?
What makes Christianity different to Hindu religion since the Hindus also believe god came in human form?
Logical Problem of the Trinity (LPT). The proposition that Jesus is limited and unlimited at the same time is a contradiction. It's an affront (offence) to logic. It will cause cognitive dissonance (inconsistent thought to behaviour and attitude change, i.e. erratic)

Jesus explicitly mentioned in Bible he's a prophet and he's only a mediator between God and men (John 17:3, 1 Timothy 2:5)
Jesus taught everyone there's one true god (Mark 12:29)
Followers of Jesus call him a prophet (John 6:14)
Jesus said 'Father is greater than I' (John 14:28) and he cannot do nothing and only seeks to do the will 'of him who sent me' (John 5:30)
Jesus claims to make a pillar in the temple of 'My God'. So Jesus can't call himself god (Revelation 3:12)
Jesus says he's coming from 'the only God' - not 1 of the 3, me and Him, etc. (John 5:43-44)
The idea of god being three divine persons or essence is alien to the teachings of Jesus and all the prophets
In Old Testament, the Lord told Moses 'a prophet like you' will come (i.e. Jesus). He didn't say a god incarnate, fully god fully man, or trinity (Deuteronomy 18:18)

Allah commands Christians to stop saying Trinity as there's only One God, and Jesus is only a prophet, not god incarnate (An-Nisa 4:171)
Qur'an rejects multiple gods theory (Al-Mu'minun 23:91)
Jesus will deny claiming divinity on Judgement Day (Al-Ma'idah 5:116)
If Allah had begotten son, Muhammad would've worshipped that boy (Az-Zukhruf 43:81)
Our natural disposition or 'fitra' (Ar-Rum 30:30) is to believe in one Creator and have basic moral values
Associating divinity to other than God is the greatest sin in Islam. It's unforgivable. And you're condemned to Hell forever

Multiple sons of God in Bible e.g. Adam (Luke 3:38), Jacob (Exodus 4:22), Ephraim (Jeremiah 31:9), Solomon (2 Samuel 7:13-14)
Even common people referred to as 'sons' or 'children' of God e.g. Deuteronomy 14:1, Romans 8:14, John 1:12, 1 John 3:1-2, Job 38:7, Job 1:6, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:2, etc.
If Jesus is 'begotten son' of God and the holy spirit 'proceeds from' God, what's the difference between the two?
'Begotten' also means created, i.e. there was a time when Jesus didn't exist. There's a causal relation - Father caused Jesus to be created. God cannot be caused so the Son is not God
'Son' not biological but a term of endearment just like a 'father' is in a church
If Jesus's birth is miraculous, Adam is even more as he had no mother and father

Means anointed or chosen one
The title does not make him 'superior to other prophets' as Christian claims. Abraham was known as Friend of Allah. Moses spoke directly with Allah. Muhammad is known as 'The Incessantly Praised One'. So we don't attach significance to a title
Each prophet had different role and different attributes so we don't use the titles to compare or grade them. Qur'an tells us not to compare them (Al-Baqarah 2:285). Their titles, miracles, birth (e.g. virgin birth), etc., does not make them divine
Jews were expecting a 'messiah' to come so Jesus was given that title as he was specifically sent to bring the Jews back to worshipping the One God (As-Saf 61:6). Matthew 15:24 also confirms this
Others were also called 'Messiah' e.g. King David, Cyrus (a Persian non-Jew) (Isaiah 45:1). So it's not exclusive to Jesus
Muslims ask Jews to accept Jesus and for the Christians to stop worshipping Jesus