Jesus spoke of a relation of mutual giving and loving with the Father, which believers could also enjoy through the Spirit. Russell and his followers rejected Trinitarianism in favor of a doctrine that said, in essence, that Christ was a being somewhere between God and man and that the Holy Spirit is a divine force, not a person. But if the trinity is false, it is degrading to Almighty God to call anyone his equal. Before all things, God was alone. Citing Scripture doesn't simply matter.
All sides use it to back up their beliefs.
Jehovah's Witnesses fall into a category of antitrinitarian faith that includes Arianism, a fourth-century belief system that taught that Christ was a supernatural creature who was not quite human or divine, and Unitarianism, which also preached complete religious toleration, innate human goodness and universal salvation. Our Creator, he said, is similar. Wait until you are returned to this page.