Christian theologians argued for the Trinity using an analogy from Adam’s generative nature

Evidence

For Driscoll, the problem went all the way back to the biblical Adam, a man who plunged humanity headlong into “hell/feminism” by listening to his wife, “who thought Satan was a good theologian.” Failing to exercise “his delegated authority as king of the planet,” Adam was cursed, and “every man since has been pussified.” The result was a nation of men raised “by bitter penis envying burned feministed single mothers who make sure that Johnny grows up to be a very nice woman who sits down to pee.” Women served certain purposes, and not others. In one of his more infamous missives, Driscoll talked of God creating women to serve as penis “homes” for lonely penises. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 441 (#complicates, via linked claim)

In practice, Ricoldo was fond of the counter-attack upon the Islamic interpretation; for example, he said that to assert that God has no Son because He has no wife is like saying that He is not living because He does not draw breath. … He also made an image for the Incarnation, in order to defend the Crucifixion: a king might send his words in a book, and the book be burned, but his words would not burn. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1012 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian apologists argued the Trinity from Adam’s generation and emanation analogically; Trinity disputes dominated Christian thinking about Islam rather than God’s unity — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 249; Medieval theologians cited the Qur’an as implicit proof of the Trinity — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 997 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian apologists argued the Trinity from Adam’s generation and emanation analogically #corroborates (1.00)
• Medieval Christian apologists argued the divine essence transcends biological analogy #complicates (0.90) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1012
• Evangelical gender hierarchy was theologically grounded in the nature of the Trinity itself. #complicates (0.90) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 152
• Driscoll framed feminism as Adam’s original sin that emasculated all men #complicates (0.90) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 441
• Trinity disputes dominated Christian thinking about Islam rather than God’s unity #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 249
• Medieval theologians cited the Qur’an as implicit proof of the Trinity #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 997
• Augustine interpreted his school beatings as inherited punishment for Adam’s sin #complicates (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 681