The Trinity

Classifications into threes has been perennially instinctive. Archeologists have classified the ages of man into the Stone, the Bronze and the Iron Age. The Hindus explain mankind through a Trinity. The Creator, Brahma, is manifested as the supreme, eternal, absolute universe, the Preserver, Vishnu, is manifested through incarnations, and Shiva, the destroyer, represents death and human reproductions. The Christians believe in God the Father all-mighty, Jesus the Son, Redeemer of mankind’s original sin of disobedience and the Holy Spirit, alive in the world through the winds and fires of grace. In the Father, Brahma we believe. In Vishnu, the Son we love and in Shiva, the Holy Spirit we hope. What can we make of the Trinity of fools vying for the White House in 2008? Political pandering and power-playing have taken Faith, Hope and Love back to the stone age. Maybe wandering around there each or all of the three lost souls can recover the words of the Bible: "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer."