====== the Spirit is the Father ======

===== Assumptions =====
  * [[The Laws of Logic hold universally]]
  * [[Christianity#Distinctive, characteristic beliefs|Christianity's distinctive, characteristic beliefs]]

===== Reasoning =====

  * [[Old Testament Jews always considered the Spirit as an emphatic presence of God]]
  * [[Christianity has no reason to deviate from this tradition]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


===== Reasoning =====

  * [[throughout history, the Spirit has been considered an instrument instead of a person]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


===== Reasoning =====

  * [[the Spirit would speak if x the Spirit is the Father]]
  * [[the Spirit does not speak]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


===== Reasoning =====

  * [[Modalism is true]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

====== Counter-Statement ======
[[the Spirit is not the Father]]

====== Talk ======