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I would say the same to you, Pierac. Except in a more polite, tactful, graceful way. Peace to you, my friend.

LOL! Well, the "points" it raises in Jehovah's Witness's minds... :) See, here's the problem (we agree in principle on this) ~ the lens used to see these things. Of course. Right, and this is the problem, as I said. What makes you think that I think that? Assuredly, that's not what I...

Yes, He does. The name I AM expresses And Paul says: "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and...

"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in Him, Who is the head of all rule...

Everything that God does ~ His judgment included ~ is to glorify Himself... for His own glory. That is His chief end. From Him, and for Him, and to Him are all things. And ~ free information! :) ~ man's chief end is to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever. Grace and peace to you.

Very well aware of that. They are just as wrong as the NWT. LOL! Surely you know John 17:5, where Jesus prays, with absolute confidence, for the Father to glorify Him with the glory that He had with the Father even before creation. No, Jesus was and is the embodiment of the glory of God...

Good. That would explain why you're not so... difficult... :)... at least. Well, if your "they" is referring to Jehovah's Witnesses, no, the don't believe Jesus existed from eternity, unfortunately. He was born of a woman, and that was the beginning of His life here on earth, for sure. But...

He was not a mere representative of God. And you're at least sort of making my point here, because 'representation' is not the same word as (and has a different definition and connotation than) 'representation.' And on top of that, it's not a mere representation, but the exact representation...

No, they absolutely knew that the Spirit was a Person. We see that in Acts, when the apostles had to preach that Jesus was God's Christ. They knew intimately that God was at least a duality (the Father and the Spirit). No, see above. I'll take your examples here: Genesis 1:2 "the Spirit of...

LOL! Maybe you can talk to Moses about that ~ if you meet him. He will surely tell you that we see the Holy Spirit's person and deity even from the very beginning, when "the earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep... and the Spirit of God was hovering over...

Absolutely. But Jehovah's Witnesses and those who think along the same lines as far as Jesus and His deity (or lack thereof) will say that Thomas was referring to Jesus only in the first part of his exclamation ("my Lord"). They will say that in the latter part, Thomas was merely (merely!)...

He was acknowledging Jesus to be God's Christ. And that means much, much more than Jehovah's Witnesses want to believe. Well of course not, but that doesn't mean they're not. :) Colossians 1:27, yes. I guess that was a typo; I was like 1 Corinthians 1:27? No... 2 Corinthians 1:27? No...

Uh, hold on. My Watchtower? The Watchtower was a heretical organization that attempted to re-engineer God's Word to suit their beliefs in the early nineteenth century? "My" Watchtower? I think not. Are you not a Jehovah's Witness? Maybe not, but denying that Jesus is God made flesh puts...

Absolutely, they can. But some are better than others, and a select few are heretical. But God does, by the ongoing work of His Holy Spirit, protect the integrity of His Word, and it does remain as inerrant and infallible as it ever was (as if it was less than inerrant or infallible at any...

So goes the deception of the narrative of the Watchtower. Well no, you have to re-engineer my beliefs so you can deny them and create your own false narrative (and do it in such a militant, hateful, and absolutely graceless way) ~ just as the Watchtower did Scripture. But, thanks be to God...

Call me what you like; I care not. But it does speak volumes about you. But I really do like the "child" descriptor ~ although in a very different sense from how you mean it to express your supposed superiority; I'm very thankful for the childlike faith God has given me. Well, yes, and yes...

Yes, certainly, because "He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being" (John 1:2-4) Certainly He knew the Creator, because He, along with the Father and the Spirit, is Him. :) They had perfect...

But... we don't, unfortunately. Right, the first, failed son, but thank God for the Second, Who succeeded where Adam failed. Absolutely not. See above. Well, right back atcha, my friend. I say the same to you. Grace and peace to you.

Yet again, that the Son is God is all throughout. What is for you is to believe in Him. Well, had, during His time on earth. In His having set aside His position in the triune Jehovah for a time ~ emptied Himself ~ and taken on flesh, He had a God; He modeled what creation once was, and for...

That the Son is God is all throughout. Therefore... :)