Trinity is a Heresy - Christ and The Father are One
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In the OT, it's quite clear that there are multiple gods, only one of whom (YHWH) the Israelites were commanded to worship. Most of the problems God has with the Israelites is they keep worshiping the other gods.
In the NT, the first century Christians were living in a pagan world full of gods, and Jesus was one of them, except he would've been interpreted (at first) as a demi-god. It was only after Jesus performed his miracles that showed he had more power than any god in the pantheon, and especially his resurrection, that people began to realize he was in fact the OT God YHWH. The thing is, Jesus constantly referred to his God, which to those people at that time, sounded like polytheism. In John 17, he clearly shows that the one-ness between himself and the Father are the same as the one-ness he intends to experience between himself and his disciples. And in Revelation 3:21, it's clear that he intends for his followers to sit on the throne of God and become exactly like God in every way possible. In fact, the Orthodox church still teaches this doctrine and they call it "theosis." The NT also refers to the Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost but it wasn't until much later that Christians began seeing that being as another God.
The doctrine of the Trinity appears around the 4th Century, and the early Christian fathers did not recognize any such doctrine or idea for centuries after Christ died.
What is absurd about the doctrine of the Trinity is that it is a logical contradiction, and yet we are commanded to "know God" so that we can experience eternal life. It is impossible to "know" a logical contradiction, so if the Trinity is true doctrine, eternal life is impossible, according to Jesus.