Threes

In many threes there are two apparent opposites and one greater, dovetailing concept. You might assume the list is all-inclusive after two. Then after you hear the third, you wonder how the list would be complete without it. It redefines the list in a way.

As you are aware, I am struggling for the third part of the root cause theory. We have the root sin thesis and the root good antithesis, but we are still missing their synthesis.

Could this structure apply to the root sins? Are greed and pride on the short list while lust redefines it?

What about the three root goods? After all, the greatest of these is love.

A wonderful three to live by is knowing there are three sides to every story: your version, my version, and the truth.

But what about the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Does this fit the concept? Does one redefine the other two?

Was the Holy Spirit unanticipated? Father and Son would have seemed whole. But now that we know the Holy Spirit, I can’t imagine the Father and Son without Him!