Analogies for the Trinity are generally successful in describing the Trinity in an orthodox way.

PO43-

fluoride ion

F-

Ca2+

Te2-

We cannot assume first that God does not exist and then prove inductively that he does exist.

Which argument for the existence of God are the authors conveying in the statement: “When intelligent agents act, they leave behind a characteristic trademark or signature—what I define as specified complexity”?   Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, and Stephen C. Meyer, Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe, The Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute, vol. 9 (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000), 23.

oxide ion

beryllium ion