The Bible Teaches the Holy Spirit is a Person

"Your trying to twist my words. When I say born like any other, I mean BORN with a physical body. The method doesn't matter." I did not twist my opponent's words. These are his exact words. "Do you agree with this definition: A person is someone who has been born LIKE any other person." Notice that Con doesn't say that a person is someone who has been born IN THE FORM (or IN A PHYSICAL BODY) like any other person;" rather, he simply says "born LIKE any other person," which would lead me to believe he is talking about the method of their birth. Also, note that his definition of person involves being BORN; he was the one who said a "person is someone who has been BORN like any other person;" and I gave him examples of persons who were not BORN. Adam and Eve were not born, yet they were persons, so these persons do not fit his definition of what a person is. My opponent still has not refuted or even disagreed with my definition of person, so it still stands until he presents evidence against it. Notice that I took my definition of person from a standard dictionary and wikipedia. I have also shown that the Holy Spirit fits the original definition of a person. He has refuted none of this. He says that a spirit cannot be a person, but notice my opponent does not define what a spirit is! 1 Corinthians 15:45 "The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." Now, here the last Adam is a spirit. Are you going to tell me that the last Adam (Jesus Christ) is not a person? If not, then a spirit can be a person. Please tell us, what is a spirit? Let's see if Con can tell us. So far, Con has not told us WHY a spirit cannot be a person. "You also misinterpret Genesis 18:1-22. The "men" were simply in the form of men. If the Lord showed himself in his true form, Abraham would have been incinerated." So now my opponent is telling me that the Lord himself is not a person. I already refuted this. I said "The Greek word for person "prosopon" which is used for persons at Matt 22:16; Mark 12:14; Luke 20:21; 2 Cor 1:11; 2 Cor 2:10; Gal 2:6 and Jude 16 is used of God (who is a Spirit [John 4:24]), at Exo 15:3 and Heb 9:24. This shows spirits can be persons too." My opponent made no response to this. Notice how the NWT renders these verses: "Jehovah is a manly PERSON (prosopon) of war." (Exo 15:3) "Now to appear before the PERSON (prosopon) of God for us." (Heb 9:24) This word, prosopon, means "person," example: "For thou regardeth not the person (prosopon) of men." (Matt 22:16, KJV) "By the means of many persons (prosopon) thanks may be given." (2 Cor 1:11, KJV) So I have shown where God is called a person in the Bible. Con made no rebuttal to this, therefore this evidence still stands until he can knock it down. Wikipedia defines person this way: "A person (plural: persons or people; from Latin: persona, meaning "mask")[1] is a human being, OR an ENTITY that has certain capacities or attributes associated with personhood, for example, in a particular moral or legal context.[2] Such capacities or attributes can include agency, self-awareness, a notion of the past and future, and the possession of rights and duties, among others." There are 2 definitions of person given here. So even though I agree that a person is a human, that isn't the ONLY definition of the word. The word person also means "an ENTITY that has certain capacities or attributes associated with personhood," and I have shown my opponent this definition in the encyclopedia. Unless he can show me that the Holy Spirit does not fit this definition of person, he cannot show that the Holy Spirit is not a person! Con do you agree, or disagree with this other definition of person? If so, why? You need to tell us! Are the people who write the dictionaries so dumb that they don't know what a person is, and you are so intelligent that you know how to define words better than they do? I'm not arguing what a person is not a human, I am saying that isn't the only definition of the word! My opponent is dogmatically asserting that "a human who was born like other humans" is the ONLY definition of person. He gives no proof, nor does he try to shoot down the definition that I present from reliable sources. Anyone reading this debate can see that. Even though God is a spirit (John 4:24), he is a person. God has the characteristics of personality (intellect, emotion, and will). God is not mere energy nor blind force nor the sum total of everything (pantheism). God is a person who speaks and hears and blesses! The Bible clearly states that God knows. In Psalm 139:1-6 we read, "Thou has searched me and known me; thou knowest my downsitting and uprising." The Scriptures state too that God feels (both wrath and love). Nahum 1:2 and John 3:16 show the contrast. The Bible also says that God wills. In 1 Thessalonians 4:3 we read, "For this is the will of God, even your sanctification." Knowledge, emotion, and will are the traits of personality. God is not some cloudy, hazy, indefinite, blindly operating, omnipotent Force. God is a living, loving Person who speaks and hears and blesses. The Bible calls him Father. (Matt 6:9) A Father by definition is a person who has children. This proves that a spirit can be a person. The same is true of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is our Comforter. Jesus said: "I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever." (John 14:16) Comforter by definition is a PERSON that comforts; and in this verse Jesus calls this comforter a "HE," showing this is a PERSONAL being. Also, it is significant he calls him "another," Comforter. The Greek word here for "another" is allos, meaning "another of the same kind." Jesus was a person, so this Comforter being of the same kind would obviously be a person too. "Adam and Eve were people, but they weren't born simply because there was nobody to give birth to them." Why they were not born is irrelevant. The point is that these were persons without being born, therefore, a being can be a person without being born. Also, let me ask, is a nine-months-old baby 2 hours before delivery a person? Or will he only become a person after he is born two hours later? The fact is, being a person has nothing to do with weather or not you were born! Therefore, your definition of person fails, and mine stands. Mine stands not because yours fails, but because you presented no evidence against my definition! Con sites no evidence to back up his claim that a person has to be BORN like other humans, nor does he cite any evidence from the Bible, dictionary, or anywhere else that a spirit cannot be a person. Con wants us to take his word for it; but in a debate like this he has to do better than that! "You never provided evidence how a spirit can be a person." I sure did, (1) I gave a standard dictionary definition of person: "an ENTITY that has certain capacities or attributes associated with personhood." (2) I gave Scriptures where the Holy Spirit matched this defintion: Rom 8:27; 1 Cor 2:11; Acts 15:28; 5:2-4; 13:2-4; Isa 63:10; Eph 4:30; Rom 8:26 etc. (3) I showed you where in the Bible God, who is a Spirit (John 4:24) is called prosopon, a person. Exo 15:3; Heb 9:24 You on the other hand have given not even one Scripture to support any of your claims, even though the title of the debate implies that the Bible is the main source of evidence; debate title: The BIBLE TEACHES the Holy Spirit is a Person "If the definition of person is so vague, why are we arguing over it? You picked something that couldn't, ACCORDING TO YOU, be defined so easily, ensuring you win." Where did I say in this debate that "person" cannot be easily defined? I dare you to QUOTE my exact words where I said that the definition of person is vague or cannot be easily define! In fact, I gave dictionary definitions of the word.