@LukeHill Since @OnlyTrueGod hasn't been in chat for a while, I invited him here, otherwise simply doing @xxxx doesn't work.

@OnlyTrueGod How are you doing? Haven't heard from you for a while. @LukeHill has a bountied question that I think you would be interested to answer.

@LeeWoofenden I encourage you to follow the example of a philosophically minded atheist, who while not able to accept the doctrine of Trinity for himself, is able to consider how Nicene Christian philosophers would offer various logical explanations even while ultimately there is something of a mystery about it since we (created beings) can never understand God fully, the PBS Closer to Truth host, Robert Lawrence Kuhn.

See his interview with five 21st century Nicene academic philosophers in this Closer to Truth episode The Trinity: A Philosophical Inquiry offering 5 different solutions: Peter van Inwagen, Michael Rea, Oliver Crisp, Brian Leftow, and Richard Swinburne.

A related interview is on The Incarnation: A Philosophical Inquiry with 3 Christian theologians (Ian McFarland, Timothy Pawl, N.T. Wright), and 1 philosopher of religion (John Hick).

In both episodes, you'll see how Nicene Christians don't force ourselves to fully understand God (putting God in a neat logical box) but construct doctrines to guard against wrong conclusions about God and Jesus.

One theme that I hear them say is that we start with the One God of Judaism, but with the doctrine of Trinity we are able to understand God in "better resolution" (so to speak) in light of Jesus Christ, who shows us more who God is in his inner life and motivation (love). I especially like Richard Swinburne's explanation of why we need Trinitarian formulation for proper understanding of God's love.

@LukeHill I don't know; I'm not a moderator. But there is some clue from his user profile on BH.SE and C.SE.