Ashraf Schneider – Why I Rejected the Trinity and Accepted Tawhid

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			I would like to share something with you guys today that is very much a cornerstone to my reversion
story as to why I decided to accept the concept of the Almighty Creator defined within the Holy
Quran, the star read and reject the concept of the Trinity. Now in the Holy Quran in chapter 112,
was one to four, the Almighty creators, the finest the following, say he is the one and only the
absolute and eternal, he begets not noisy gods and there's nothing like him. Now what this concept
means is that there's only one true Almighty Creator, and that there is nothing beside him
inequality. What this also means is that this creator is not be gotten by something, nor does he get
		

			create something like unto himself, and that everything that we perceive in this life cannot be this
creator, for there's nothing like onto him, that is unseen. Now, through my comparative study in the
Torah, and the Gospels and the Holy Quran, I found that there are a lot of similarities regarding
the Creator. To give you an example, in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter six was for Moses peace be
upon him says to his followers, and he says that your Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one,
Jesus Christ, peace and blessings be upon him also confirms as to which came before him, and which
came after him in the book of Mark chapter 12, verse 29, where it says that you're Israel, the Lord
		

			our God, the Lord is one, even to the very concept that this God is unseen, and there is nothing
like unto him, echoed in the book of Exodus chapter 20, verse three to five, as it is said that
nothing of the heavens above the earth beneath all the water neath the Earth would ever resemble
this God. And we were not allowed to make any images of this God likened to it to anything that we
perceive. The same message is also in the gospels in the book of john chapter five, verse 37, where
Jesus peace be upon him says while standing in front of his followers, the Pharisees and his
disciples, and he says that you have never heard the voice of God, neither Have you ever seen his
		

			shape. The same message is also in the book of Timothy in one Timothy chapter six, verse 16, where
it says that God is immortal, and that nobody's ever seen that you cannot see this God. So having
discovered the similarities, everything started to kind of make sense to me. However, there was
still something I had to define. And that was the concept of the Trinity. Because it was something
that I wholeheartedly believed in, it was something that are propagated. But having started this
comparative study, I found that I could no longer believe in it. Now, it's important for us to first
define as to what this Trinity means. And what it is defined as the Trinity means that there is only
		

			one true God. And the best God is defined in three different personalities, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost, and that all three of these entities are one, they are co equal and co eternal. They
are omnipresent, they are all powerful, and all knowing. So what this means is that all three of
these entities have absolute power at the end of the day. But if we study the Gospels, and on a
theological basis, we find that we can no longer believe in this concept, even beyond the fact that
God is only one and that nothing that we ever perceive could be locked onto him. Therefore Jesus
peace be upon him is already out of the equation. But in order to understand the Trinity, let's
		

			dissect it a little bit.
		

			Now, all three of these entities is said to be omnipresent, meaning that they are everywhere at
once. But Jesus Christ says in the book of john chapter eight, verse 14, that Yeah, and the man in
front of you and you're looking for a way to kill me. So Jesus Christ is saying that he is a man
whom is bound by flesh. However, Christian missionaries would argue that once Jesus Christ died upon
the cross, he turned to a spiritual being, and therefore he is omnipresent. However, ask yourself as
to what the differentiation between us and him is then, because when we die, our spiritual also let
free and therefore, according to their definition, we would also be omnipresent, but the other two
		

			points are slightly less ambiguous and less philosophical. Now all three of these entities are said
to be all knowing, but Jesus Christ, peace and blessings be upon him says in the book of Matthew
chapter 24, verse 36, that of the final day in our nose, no one, not the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Father. Therefore, he is defining that the Son himself who is himself does not
have all the knowledge and even if you ask Christian missionaries, okay, but is the son still Jesus
Christ, they would define Yes, because all three of these personalities are separate from one
another. But here the son himself is the finding that he doesn't have all the knowledge. The final
		

			point being that they are all powerful. Now, if you read the book of john chapter five, verse 30,
Jesus Christ
		

			Peace and blessings be upon him says that out of my own self, I can do nothing. As I hear, I judge
my judgment is just because I seek not to please myself, but only him who had sent me. Therefore he
is the finding that out of his own power, you can do nothing, that all the miracles that he
performs, and he mentioned this countless of times are testament to the power of God, and not his
own power. And this is defined as well within all the other prophets that came before him. Even if
you look at Moses, Ezekiel, David, Elijah, Solomon, all of their miracles, they always gave the
glorification to God. For instance, when Moses peace and blessings be upon him, struck his staff and
		

			see separated, he didn't say I did this in my own power. He said that I was inspired to do this by
God, and this is a testament to his power. Now, this is not the only place within the Bible that
this is mentioned. In the book of Matthew chapter 12, verse 28, Jesus Christ, peace and blessings be
upon him also says that I with the Spirit of God casts out demons. In the book of Luke chapter 11,
verse 20, he says that I with the finger of God caused our demons. So whenever he performed a
miracle, he said that I'm not doing this on our own power. It is a testament to the power that is
flowing through me from God. And it's a testament to his mind, and is a testament to his glory. So
		

			ultimately, for me, on a theological basis, I found that I could no longer believe in this concept.
But that was not enough for me, I had to understand exactly where everything was implemented. And
what I discovered is that for the first 300 years after Jesus Christ, the concept of CO equality
between the father and the son was non existent. There is not a single church father that says that
the Father and the Son are co equal with one another. They are only taken in a dual nature, that you
can only get to a father through Jesus Christ by following in his footsteps as all the other
prophets before and we're in that implementation. Now, the concept of the Trinity was only
		

			instituted in the Council of nicaea in the year 325, by Roman Emperor named Constantine, who himself
was under threat. Now, I would like to make another video regarding that. But just to give you a
little bit of a brief history of mithraism
		

			birtherism believed that the sun god would send down his son mithras, to die for the people and they
would eat his flesh and drink his blood in order to attain salvation, they will also be baptized,
the religious day of worship would be on the Sunday in resemblance to the Sun God, and his birthday
would also be celebrated in the winter solstice, which is on the 25th of December. So all these
similarities is also being found within this concept of Mithra ism. And Christianity. And the pagans
during that time actually wrote out against the Christians, and they said that you guys are stealing
of our doctrine. And even some of the church fathers, like the tullian himself, said that Satan pre
		

			entered the religion in order to overthrow Christianity. So if we look at the history itself,
there's already all these connections that we can find. But this is not where it stops. In the year
381, at the Council of Constantinople. That was the very first time that the Holy Spirit was added
or included into the concept of the Trinity. Only once verse had occurred was the Trinity fully
fleshed, as we understand it, and it is, as it is implemented within the church today. That was the
first time that the word Trinity itself meant what it means today that the Holy Spirit was also
added in the seclusion of Korea quality. Now, Jesus peace be upon him also makes it unambiguously
		

			clear that he's not caught within the Bible. For instance, in the book of john chapter 17, verse
three, he says that this is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ
whom you have sent. Therefore, Jesus Christ, peace and blessings be upon him is sent by none other
than the only true God. And therefore, even if we call him God, he himself is saying that he is not
the true God, that He has been sent by the only true God. Therefore, it is important for us to
understand that we cannot worship Him. Now, during this time, I had to make exclusion between these
two concepts Am I going to follow man, the inclination, the implementation within history, how they
		

			define the scriptures itself, for instance, john one chapter one, where Jesus peace be upon him, the
word is called Houthi us and not Pantheon, which means the only true God or the same is also in john
chapter one, verse 18. john chapter 20, verse 28, all these definitions is Houthi us. And the same
can be found in two Corinthians chapter four, verse four, in reference to Satan, where Satan is also
called Houthi us, which means a god a divine or a being, it doesn't mean that they are Tom fion,
which is the god the divine, the creator. So had to make the separation, I had to decide that I'm
going to submit myself to the one and truly Almighty Creator God, and I'm going to follow him in his
		

			profits only. And I'm going to move away from the inclinations of man and whenever somebody tells me
something, I'm going to look as to what God has to say about it. And I hope that that gives a
clarification as to why I accepted the concept of Tajweed and the concept of the Creator defined in
the Holy Quran Chapter 112 verse
		

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