Christian Apologist SCHOOLS Sneako on Why Confusion Doesn’t Prove Him Right!

How can Christians believe in one God if Jesus prayed to the Father? In this Speakers' Corner conversation, a young Christian apologist is questioned by a Muslim critic about the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus and whether the Christian view of God makes logical sense. What begins as a simple challenge turns into a focused discussion on one of the most debated topics in Christianity vs Islam conversations: one God in three persons. The Muslim questioner opens with direct questions. How many gods do you believe in? Is Jesus God? If so, who did Jesus pray to? The apologist answers using the classic language of Christian theology. He explains that there is one divine nature, referencing the phrase divine nature in 2 Peter 1:4, and three hypostases, or persons, in the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He argues that the persons are distinct but not separate, and that the distinction refers to their identity as Father, Son and Spirit, while the nature they share is one. When the questioner suggests the distinction between distinct and separate is only semantics, the apologist responds that the difference is metaphysical. Separation means something can be taken apart, while distinction means there is a real difference between two things without division. The questioner then asks whether Christians pray to God or to Jesus, and when the apologist answers that either is appropriate, the questioner argues that this sounds like more than one God. The apologist compares it to a Muslim calling upon God as Ya Allah or Ya Rahman, which refers to the same being by different names. The discussion also covers the claim that Christians are inconsistent on the Trinity. The questioner mentions groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Christian Scientists, and the apologist asks which Christians actually teach that there are three gods, pointing to the historic formula of one being in three persons. When the questioner says the Trinity still does not make sense t