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"Peace be upon you, my friend. Let's reflect on this together. The concept of the Trinity—claiming that God is one yet somehow three distinct persons—does indeed pose a logical challenge. How can something be one and three at the same time in its essence? In Islam, we believe in pure, uncompromising monotheism, or Tawhid. Allah is One, indivisible, and unique—unlike anything in creation. The Qur'an says:
'Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him' (Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1-4).
This makes sense rationally: if God is the ultimate Creator, He cannot have partners or equals, nor can He be split into parts. The Trinity, with its idea of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit being co-equal yet distinct, seems to blur the lines of true oneness. Even in your own scriptures, Jesus (peace be upon him) never explicitly claims to be God; he prays to God and calls Him greater. Doesn't it feel more logical and pure to worship the One who is above all, without complexity or contradiction? Islam offers that clarity—God is simply One. What do you think about this?"
Surah An-Nisa, 4:171
If plural is lesser than singular why then does Allah speak in the royal we? Because it is more glorious to be a complex unity than a lone singular being.
Christians only believe in one God, Yahweh, who has a complex unity. He is only 1 divine being, not 3 different Gods.
There is nothing logically contradictory about God existing as a complex unity. We ourselves live as a complex unity (Body and Soul). Even saying that God can exist at multiple places at the same time isn't a contradiction. It would only be a contradiction if God were limited in his being but he is unlimited. God is omnipresent and lives outside of time. It is easy for God to appear at multiple places at the same time in different ways. The contradiction would only occur if God was limited in capacity or being. There is no contradiction within the Trinity.
Jesus says that Yahweh is the only true God but he doesn't preclude himself from this. Him claiming that the Father is greater than he is in role not being. Jesus is eternal, uncreated, omniscient, omnipresent, and has all authority in heaven given to him. This shows that he is God and that he believed he was God.
He does claim to be explicitly God in at least 15 different passages. The most clear of which are Mark 14:63 and John 8:58