So, most people argue it is contradictory because they see like it's 1+1+1=1. That doesn't make any sense. But that's not really how it's done. It's more like 1 Being who is 3 Persons. It's sort of in between Modalism (One God of three personalities) and Tritheism (Father, Son, and Spirit are separate divine beings). It's hard to explain how to define "persons." A possible way to describe it would be that person defines the "who" of God, and being describes the "what" of God. A non-God example would be like asking, "who is this person," and the answer being, "John," whereas when you ask, "what is this person," the answer is, "a human." The what of God, the divine being, cannot be physical because then he would not transcend the physical world, putting him inside time and space meaning he needs a cause to exist (curtesy of the Cosmological Argument). God is necessary, not contingent, so he has to exist without a cause. Not being physical (inside space and time) among other things allows this.
Wow, using the declaration of independence as your source, the most biased and pro-America you can get. Most of these are a little overdone.
For example, the British refusing to pass assent to laws that are "most wholesome and necessary for the public good?" By who's opinion? Isn't it the British who owned the colony?
And the British governors dissolving local legislative houses? What would you do if your province made laws that opposed or contradicted your country's laws? Because that's how that was happening, for example, when the Massachusetts House of Representatives was dissolved by the governor because it was circulating a letter that criticized British taxation policy.
If you think the British mistreated the Thirteen Colonies, I have a counter-list of perks that the Colonies were allowed, and a list that is not an overwhelming amount of examples to smother you.
1. Considerable Degree of Self-Government
The Brits largely allowed the Americans to govern how they wanted and do what they wanted. They also taxed the Americans very little until after the 7 Years' War (You may know it as the French and Indian War) where they slightly raised taxes on the Americans, which triggered outrage.
2. Self-legislature
The Brits allowed for there to exist American assemblies that chose which laws to pass and how much to tax.
3. Military support
The British defended the Thirteen Colonies with their military. They vanquished Colonial France in the 7 Years' War (French and Indian War) and successfully defended the Colonies.
4.Salutary Neglect
The British technically had restrictions on who the Americans could trade with but didn't enforce them for a while, and because of this, the Americans ended up spoiled and revolutionary.
