So you are going to tell me what I believe now? We accept that Jesus is the divine son of God...which is all he ever called himself. Prove me wrong and furnish a direct statement where Jesus admits to being the equal of his Father in any way.
Jesus and his apostles were viewed as a heretical sect by the Jews too...we are in good company....hated by those who supposedly worship the same God. (John 15:18-21)
That could have something to do with the fact that you have only been here five minutes.
I will pit the NWT against any Bible you nominate. We do not make this translation available for anyone to take personal credit for any of it. Not hiding, just not 'big noting', which you seem to love. Pity
Need to know about the NWT see here...
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/appendix-a/bible-translation/
When we carefully examine the meanings of the words, a very different picture emerges as to the identity and character of "The Word".
John 1:1 in the Mounce Interlinear.....
In
en the beginning
archē was
eimi the
ho Word
logos, and
kai the
ho Word
logos was
eimi with
pros · ho God
theos, and
kai the
ho Word
logos was
eimi God
theos.
So "in the beginning" is a starting point, but the starting point of what? Since God is eternal, he had no beginning. So this must be the beginning of creation. So the Word (logos) was "with God" at the beginning of creation. Other scripture goes further and fills in more detail.
Colossians 1:15, 16 says of the pre-human Jesus....
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him."
Revelation 3:14 Jesus calls himself,
"the beginning of God's creation".
Jesus had a beginning and so did the rest of creation.
Next we have to determine what "theos" means in Greek.
According to Strongs, the primary meaning of "theos" is....
"a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities" So it is any "mighty one" who can be deemed to be powerful in some capacity. It also says...
"whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
God's representative or viceregent
of magistrates and judges"
So theos does not refer only to the Almighty.
At 2 Cor 4:4, satan is called "theos".
We can also see the definite article (the) in relation to the first "pros · ho theos" but not the second. (just theos) The way to distinguish THE God from other divine persons was to use the definite article because there is no indefinite article ("a" or "an") So if you had a room full of men named Brad Pitt and the celebrity was among them...only one would be "THE" Brad Pitt. Same with God, because the divine name was lost, the only way to distinguish the true God from any other god-like ones was to use the definite article. In John 1:1 the definite article is used in relation to God, but is not used of "the Word".....therefore some translations render John 1:1 "the Word was divine". It was "the Word" who became flesh, not "THE God".
Some would like to think so, but all rules have exceptions.
Now I am laughing out loud again. We have two gods and we are polytheistic yet you have three and are not polytheistic because you squeezed them all into one head?
Good grief!
Please read the definition of "theos" from Strongs (above)....Jesus is a divine being who resembles his Father in every way....he is a representative of his Father, but he is not a different head on his Father's shoulders.
Now do you have something of substance to say or are you just going to play shoot the messenger like a bad politician?