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104:0.1 The [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] must not be [[confused]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad beliefs] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religions]. The [[ideas]] of [[triads]] arose from many suggestive [[relationships]] but chiefly because of the [[three]] joints of the fingers, because [[three]] legs were the fewest which could stabilize a stool, because [[three]] [[support]] points could keep up a tent; furthermore, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man], for a long time, could not count beyond [[three]].

104:0.1 The [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] must not be [[confused]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad beliefs] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religions]. The [[ideas]] of [[triads]] arose from many suggestive [[relationships]] but chiefly because of the [[three]] joints of the fingers, because [[three]] legs were the fewest which could stabilize a stool, because [[three]] [[support]] points could keep up a tent; furthermore, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man], for a long time, could not count beyond [[three]].

104:0.2 Aside from certain [[natural]] couplets, such as [[past]] and [[present]], day and night, hot and cold, and [[male]] and [[female]], man generally tends to [[think]] in [[triads]]: [[yesterday]], [[today]], and [[tomorrow]]; sunrise, noon, and sunset; [[father]], [[mother]], and [[child]]. [[Three]] cheers are given the victor. The [[dead]] are buried on the third day, and the [[ghost]] is placated by three ablutions of [[water]].

104:0.2 Aside from certain [[natural]] couplets, such as [[past]] and [[present]], day and night, hot and cold, and [[male]] and [[female]], man generally tends to [[think]] in [[triads]]: [[yesterday]], [[today]], and [[tomorrow]]; sunrise, noon, and sunset; [[father]], [[mother]], and [[child]]. [[Three]] cheers are given the victor. The [[dead]] are buried on the third day, and the [[ghost]] is placated by three ablutions of [[water]].

104:0.3 As a [[consequence]] of these [[natural]] [[associations]] in [[human]] [[experience]], the [[triad]] made its [[appearance]] in [[religion]], and this long before the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] of Deities, or even any of their [[representatives]], had been [[revealed]] to [[mankind]]. Later on, the Persians, Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, and Scandinavians all had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad gods], but these were still not true [[trinities]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity Triad deities] all had a [[natural]] [[origin]] and have [[appeared]] at one time or another among most of the [[intelligent]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. Sometimes the [[concept]] of an evolutionary [[triad]] has become mixed with that of a [[revealed]] [[Trinity]]; in these instances it is often impossible to distinguish one from the other.

104:0.3 As a [[consequence]] of these [[natural]] [[associations]] in [[human]] [[experience]], the [[triad]] made its [[appearance]] in [[religion]], and this long before the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] of Deities, or even any of their [[representatives]], had been [[revealed]] to [[mankind]]. Later on, the Persians, Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, and Scandinavians all had [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad gods], but these were still not true [[trinities]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity Triad deities] all had a [[natural]] [[origin]] and have [[appeared]] at one time or another among most of the [[intelligent]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. Sometimes the [[concept]] of an evolutionary [[triad]] has become mixed with that of a [[revealed]] [[Trinity]]; in these instances it is often impossible to distinguish one from the other.

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[[Category: Paper 104 - Growth of the Trinity Concept]]

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