# The Bible and the Trinity: The Trinity and the OT. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 9, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-the-trinity-and-the-ot/652501 "2013-03-09T20:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-the-trinity-and-the-ot/652501/41 "2013-03-13T15:18:32Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Would you consider that telling, given the (logistically difficult) argument by trinitarians that God is singular? Christians who believe in the trinity still believe themselves to be monotheistic, so a singular God is still a requirement. In fact, we’ve had [quite a few purges](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm) about this. ---
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-the-trinity-and-the-ot/652501/42 "2013-03-13T15:19:43Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Nah, they were plain ol’ polytheists and needed regular ass kickings by the rabbis to get back in line. Agrarians pray to whoever made it rain last time. That is perfectly reasonable behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-the-trinity-and-the-ot/652501/43 "2013-03-13T15:22:12Z")
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