That's what you're doing.
The Word came from God and is eternal life. Eternal life is a thing. See 1John 1:1-3
Before you run away from John 1:1, there's still the fact that "the Word was God" that you need to address.
This is closer to what I believe, too. The Word is godly, but not God.
The Word was more than "godly", "the Word was God". Do you believe John 1:1 when it says "the Word was God"?
You're relying too heavily on Logos theology. The Word is only ever explicitly called a "he" in John 1 and never again throughout the rest of the Bible. The minority verse doesn't interpret the majority of verses. John 1's usage of personal pronouns is just personification.
I'm relying on Apostle John's writings. He employs an avalanche of the personal pronoun "he" to point to the Word who was God. If you want to disregard that fact then that's on you
1John 1:1-3 and the rest of the Bible's usage of non-personal pronouns for the Word or word of God inform the correct interpretation.
If you're implying that John’s understanding of the Word went from being a Person (ουτος in John 1:2) to a “thing”, you're dead wrong.
Here's how 1 John 1:1 also supports the Trinitarian view that the Word of God is a Person and not a thing:
Let's start by looking at the Greek version of 1 John 1:1. In particular, let's look at the first 2 Greek words
῞Ο ἦν that you claim refer to a “thing”.
1Jn 1:1
῞Ο ἦν ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς, ὃ ἀκηκόαμεν, ὃ ἑωράκαμεν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν, ὃ ἐθεασάμεθα καὶ αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν ἐψηλάφησαν, περὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς ζωῆς·
The phrase “ὁ ἦν” is found in multiple other locations (see below) and never once is it considered a neuter pronoun:
Rev_1:4 ᾿Ιωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ ᾿Ασίᾳ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ ὁ ὢν καὶ
ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων, ἃ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ,
Rev_1:8 ᾿Εγώ εἰμι τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Ω, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ
ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
Rev_4:8 καὶ τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα, ἓν καθ᾿ ἓν αὐτῶν ἔχων ἀνὰ πτέρυγας ἕξ, κυκλόθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν γέμουσιν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς λέγοντες· ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ,
ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος.
Rev_11:17 λέγοντες· εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ὢν καὶ
ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὅτι εἴληφας τὴν δύναμίν σου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐβασίλευσας,
Rev_16:5 καὶ ἤκουσα τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῶν ὑδάτων λέγοντος· δίκαιος εἶ, ὁ ὢν καὶ
ὁ ἦν, ὁ ὅσιος, ὅτι ταῦτα ἔκρινας·
Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and
who is coming; and from the seven spirits which are before His throne;
Rev 1:8 I am the Alpha and Omega,
the Beginning and
the Ending, says the Lord, who is and who was and
who is to come, the Almighty.
Rev 4:8 And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about
him, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty
, who was and is and
is to come.
Rev 11:17 saying, We thank You, O Lord God Almighty, who are, and who was, and
who is coming, because You took Your great power and reigned.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed
is the one who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
Notice the usage of personal pronouns each and every time.
