How many lights do you see? A trinity!
I recently saw a double episode of Star Trek TNG entitled: “Chain of Command“. In this episode Captain Picard is tortured by Cardassians and asked to tell that he see five light, though there are only four of them.This episode reminded me of 1984, by Orwell and the famous phrase: 2+2=5.
When I first read the book (and if you have not, do it now) I thought that was a silly method of torture. I mean, it does not cost anything to spell four letters… “five”. However with time I have understood that there is much more behind it. To admit that something you have always know it is true it is false, to bring yourself to the point that even your own eyes tell you that you see five fingers instead of four, that is the point where a man is totally annihilated.
Well, I’ve never understood the meaning of the trinity, but now I know. Tell me, how many gods do you see?