The following verses of the Bible make it evident that Jesus is God

The part that my opponent did not address was the one about John 3:16 being a fabrication. I will elaborate on this. My opponent said, "The answer is by context, context which I showed was clearly present in the Gospel of John witch Mirza ignored. " I did not ignore it. The article is extremely long and I have no space whatsoever to actually refute all that. What I can do is to refute what my opponent said, which I did. Moreover, my opponent still gives no clear answer to my question: ". .. there are tons of passages calling many things "Lord," "god," and so forth. Why would they ever apply exclusively to Jesus in any literal way? " The argument of the entire scriptures either being true or not is not very strong here. Clearly I have done a good thing by not derailing the topic and arguing about the authenticity of the Bible. If I had done this, I would be able to counter my opponent's response right away. However, I stay on the main topic, and therefore I say that his argument is not very valid. I cannot respond to it in a proper way because the main topic will eventually be off-topic. Furthermore, I have made it perfectly clear that even "if" these passages are to be taken literally, they still do not prove that Jesus is God. Even John 3:16 does not. And my opponent still chooses the words of a disciple in preference to the words of a Prophet, whom a scripture was revealed directly to. The third paragraph does not count. I am not sure what my opponent is referring to, neither does it seems to be an important part of his main arguments. -- Rebuttals -- 1. People call Jesus "Son of God" I agree that people called Jesus the Son of God. I agree that Peter did it too. I agree that Jesus did not correct any of them. However, I would like to know why my opponent did not translate "Son. " Does it mean "Son" in a real sense? If you read the original text, these passages say "servant. " We are all servants of God. Some might say "sons" of God. Jesus was no exception in any case. Luke 3:23-38[1] lists incredibly many "Sons of God. " Are they all gods? Do Christians worship these? And do Christians worship the firstborn son of God - Israel - which was not Jesus at all? 2. I AM "You pick 'I AM' because that's the normal meaning of the terms. You have given no data to show why this is a special case in Greek to deviate from that. " No, it is not. There are many passages where the original words are not translated to "I AM. " The Biblical scholars cherry pick in order to prove a lie to be true. Amplified Bible (and there are others, too) translates e. g. John 3:28 like this: "You yourselves are my witnesses [you personally bear me out] that I stated, I am not the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), but I have [only] been sent before Him [in advance of Him, to be His appointed forerunner, His messenger, His announcer]. " "Ego eimi" = I have been. .. As can clearly be seen, there is no doubt that "I AM" is not more correct than "I have been. " Furthermore, the correct meaning of John 8:58 is not "Before Abraham was born, I AM. " That makes no sense whatsoever. Why "I AM? " What tells us to translate it to "I AM? " The correct meaning is "Before Abraham was born, I have. .. " Why he did not complete the sentence may be due to the tense situation between himself and the Jews. Furthermore, even "if" the correct translation is "I AM" then there is absolutely no indication of Jesus being God. YHWH means "I Am What I Am" and is totally different to "I AM. " How many passages in the Bible say "ego eimi? " Many. That is "I AM. " Why is only Jesus referred to as God because he might have said "I AM? " Tons of people have said it. He did not say "I Am What I am" before humankind. As for the Aramaic wording, it could have been totally different. Why do I question what John translated it to? I do it because ego eimi cannot only mean "I AM" and because there are many reasons to question the Bible. All in all, Jesus never claimed divinity with "I AM" nor did he say "I AM. " Even if he did, he did not say "Jehovah. " 3. Immanuel My opponent said, "First off, that is false, I don't think a year goes by without Christians making much out of every prophesy or set of dreams in the bible and comparing them to current events. " Then why do Christians misinterpret Daniel 4:10-11? These verses speak of a dream/vision of a tree being in the middle of the Earth, and that the ends of the earth could be seen from the top of it. I can guarantee that Christians will say that it does not mean this, it does not mean that, and so forth. Of course it does not, let us say that. But neither does "Immanuel" mean anything special for Jesus. Also, I gave a reference of Immanuel meaning "God is with us" which negates my opponent's argument that it is only for divine use, especially for Jesus. 4. Begotten Son My opponent said, "I could just as easily argue against David like that saying 'David was a king, john was a prophet' then can indeed be more than just a prophet, or just a king, or just a disciple. " I argued with facts. If you say that David was just a King, you are not telling the truth. If you say that John was a Prophet, then you are not telling the truth. David was a Prophet, John was a disciple. David received Psalms, John received nothing. If he did, he would get clear messages from e. g. angels, not (unreliable) human witnesses in order to write what is happening. Also, I clearly said that John 3:16 was proven to be a fabrication by Biblical scholars and I linked to their version of the Bible. And I also said that older scriptures do not contain this verse or "only begotten son" part. If my opponent wishes, he can check for himself. Moreover, I can also come with links to prove my cases, but I know that my opponent would not have space to refute them. He needs to provide shorter links. Also, I refuted Psalm 2-argument even if we agree that it speaks about Jesus. -- Conclusion -- None of these passages prove that Jesus is God. He never claimed divinity and his words are clearly being mistranslated. I hope that people realize that. I thank my opponent for the debate. [Matthew 26:42] "Again, for the second time, he (Jesus) went off and prayed, saying: 'My Father, if it is not possible for this to pass away except I drink it, let your will take place. '" -- References -- [1] . http://www.biblegateway.com...