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Is the Holy Trinity Christianity’s Pagan Upgrade?

How a Jewish preacher’s message of one God turned into a Roman-era doctrine that looks more pagan than biblical

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Tanner the Humanist
Aug 14, 2025
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Illustration of the Christian Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) blended with imagery of pagan triads carved into stone, symbolizing the overlap between Christian doctrine and older religions.
When the church declared God was “three in one,” it looked a lot like the pagan triads people already knew.

For centuries, Christians have been taught that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three persons in one God. This teaching, called the Trinity, is seen as the heart of Christianity. But here’s the blunt truth: the doctrine of the Trinity …

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