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Objection

The Trinity Is Pagan

The Trinity is a pagan doctrine that corrupted biblical Christianity.

The doctrine of the Trinity is a Christian summary of biblical monotheism, the deity of Christ, and the personal divine agency of the Holy Spirit, not an appeal to pagan religion.

Answer the source of the doctrine

The Christian case for the Trinity should be made from Scripture's own pattern rather than from later analogies or slogans.

Keep one-God confession intact

Paul's one-God confession, Matthew's baptismal command, and the Spirit's personal divine work show why Christians confess one God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Sources

Official source

Should You Believe in the Trinity?

Official Watch Tower brochure arguing against the Trinity.

Should You Believe in the Trinity?, JW.org, accessed June 16, 2026.

Open source

Official source

What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?

Official JW.org summary of Jehovah's Witness beliefs.

What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?, JW.org, accessed June 16, 2026.

Open source

Reference

BibleRef

Reference pages used for BibleRef-first links to Scripture passages.

BibleRef, accessed June 16, 2026.

Open source

Secondary context

Jesus and the God of Israel

Scholarly work on early divine-identity Christology and Jewish monotheism.

Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel: God Crucified and Other Studies on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity, Eerdmans, 2008.

Secondary context

Lord Jesus Christ

Scholarly work on devotion to Jesus in earliest Christianity.

Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity, Eerdmans, 2003.