Jesus denied being God

Sorry capital G and small g have nothing to do with the text but a translator's theological understanding


Hebrews 1:8–12 (KJV 1900) — 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

further in Hebrews 1:10 we have a reference to Psa 102:25-27 which is addressed to God (which in context is to Jehovah)

Psalm 102:25–27 (KJV 1900) — 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

Why are words which are applied to Jehovah in the Old Testament applied to Jesus in the New Testament?

The rest you do not address


John 20:28–29 (KJV 1900) — 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.


Isaiah 9:6 (KJV 1900) — 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
I just saw this today. Someone else besides me saying there's no teaching on the trinity. And then he talks about the bits and pieces of words and half verses that are scattered all over the Bible. I talk about a paragraph or a chapter that should have been given to explain the trinity. This guys thinks there should have been a whole book on it. Maybe called the trinity book. Then he did something I never thought about. He proves the Apostle Peter tempted Eve in the garden. He mentions it ten minutes into this video...

 
I just saw this today. Someone else besides me saying there's no teaching on the trinity. And then he talks about the bits and pieces of words and half verses that are scattered all over the Bible. I talk about a paragraph or a chapter that should have been given to explain the trinity. This guys thinks there should have been a whole book on it. Maybe called the trinity book. Then he did something I never thought about. He proves the Apostle Peter tempted Eve in the garden. He mentions it ten minutes into this video...

Lazy men like yourself rely upon the arguments of dim wits and less than honorable men.

Insincerely sharing the works of others "as if they are your own or speak for you" is rather nauseating.
 
I just saw this today. Someone else besides me saying there's no teaching on the trinity. And then he talks about the bits and pieces of words and half verses that are scattered all over the Bible. I talk about a paragraph or a chapter that should have been given to explain the trinity. This guys thinks there should have been a whole book on it. Maybe called the trinity book. Then he did something I never thought about. He proves the Apostle Peter tempted Eve in the garden. He mentions it ten minutes into this video...
That does not address what was posted

Hebrews 1:8–12 (KJV 1900) — 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

further in Hebrews 1:10 we have a reference to Psa 102:25-27 which is addressed to God (which in context is to Jehovah)

Psalm 102:25–27 (KJV 1900) — 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

Why are words which are applied to Jehovah in the Old Testament applied to Jesus in the New Testament?

I see no answer

The rest you do not address


John 20:28–29 (KJV 1900) — 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.


Isaiah 9:6 (KJV 1900) — 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
 
is your temple a "WHO"... beside the rock band? yes or NO.

101G.
It's not my Temple.

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16

I am part of something bigger than myself—God's Holy, Living Temple.
 
That is your failures on full display. No accomplishments there.
This is my work. Not my teachers. Mine... on this subject which deals with the resurrected Christ. John focuses on the trinity. I focuses on the Christ. Tell me where I'm wrong.

Mediator: One who intervenes between two parties. (24)

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,


A mediator is the third party through whom agreement is reached between two parties previously in conflict with each other. Christ is the mediator of the new covenant, the one whose action makes the covenant possible, and who is the guarantor of its execution. Christ Jesus is the one functioning as a go between, in order to initiate a relationship with us because he is literally connected to both sides, and therefore he is set between God and us. It's our big brother Christ Jesus, who is the one who is acting as a guarantee—to secure something that otherwise would not be obtained. Christ is the better covenant, the new covenant, guaranteeing its terms for the Christian people before the almighty God. Christ Jesus is producing peace for the salvation of his Church and has made a promise of assurance that the new covenant will perform satisfactorily because he is the one who is set between God and us.

Advocate: He who has been or may be called to help; a pleader who comes forward in favor of, and as the representative of another. (25)

1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:


Jesus Christ is the person who is professionally qualified legally to plead our case in the highest court. As a technical term, advocate was used mainly in the legal systems that was derived from the Roman law. Christ, and only Christ, has taken the position of an advocate for us with God, and therefore he must have some claim upon the divine benefaction and the legal right to stand with us and speak in our defense. What a wonderful day it will be in our community, in our lives, and in our hearts when we realize the breach of God’s laws have been completely paid for, and Jesus Christ is in the heavenly courtroom to plead our case. We who were dead in our sins, because we were without God and without hope for salvation, have been made alive by an attorney who paid the consequences for our shortcomings and has taken up residence at the right hand of the throne of God to defend us.

Intercessor: Is one who intercedes on behalf of another. (26)

Romans 8:34
It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:


The intercessor must have standing before God, just as defense attorneys must have standing before the court where they are pleading. Christ Jesus intercedes by placing his incorruptible life at the service of the Christian people to help in the form of a supporter. Christ has undertaken to see to it that this new covenant will not go unfulfilled since this function of the intercessor is related to the divine promise that is in the relation between God's sworn oath and us. Since God is one of the parties involved in the covenant and since there is no higher court that God could represent His covenant in relation to us; the only possible solution is to have Christ vouch for God’s oath to the new covenant. Since we are the other party involved in the covenant and since God has made His Son our brother and Lord, by way of the spirit of Christ within us; the only possible solution is to have Christ vouch for us in the relationship of this new covenant.
 
I just saw this today. Someone else besides me saying there's no teaching on the trinity. And then he talks about the bits and pieces of words and half verses that are scattered all over the Bible. I talk about a paragraph or a chapter that should have been given to explain the trinity. This guys thinks there should have been a whole book on it. Maybe called the trinity book. Then he did something I never thought about. He proves the Apostle Peter tempted Eve in the garden. He mentions it ten minutes into this video...

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I shared this review on another thread by Peterlag

I guess this guy was ignorant about the Trinity and could only repeat the arguments that we have already heard here. I expected he would have had something different to contribute since the video was ostensibly shared to give insight into the "problems" of the Trinitarian Godhead. This video was made for the Arian choir, not to address serious Trinity concepts.

One of the worst points was that the councils leading to the trinitarian concurrence were divisive. That is as if to say that the Arian heresy was not a divisive stance. The councils were there to get the minds of the bishops together to sort the ideas out in the best fashion.

The other stupid point was to identify 3 options about the Trinity or alternatively that it was an oral tradition. The trinity concept did not have to be considered by the apostles or other early Christians. So Sean made a strawman argument against the Trinity. In a simpler scenario, I can summarize Paul's life and his beliefs without there being any reason to refer to my summary as some unmentioned teaching or oral tradition from the first century.

You would think the Arian advocates would have arguments figured out by now.
 
Lazy men like yourself rely upon the arguments of dim wits and less than honorable men.

Insincerely sharing the works of others "as if they are your own or speak for you" is rather nauseating.
A whole bunch of people no there's no trinity. Not just me. And you say I should not share that. Why?
 
This guy proves the Apostle Peter tempted Eve in the garden. He mentions it ten minutes into this video...

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I shared this in two other threads where Peterlag posted the video
I guess this guy was ignorant about the Trinity and could only repeat the arguments that we have already heard here. I expected he would have had something different to contribute since the video was ostensibly shared to give insight into the "problems" of the Trinitarian Godhead. This video was made for the Arian choir, not to address serious Trinity concepts.

One of the worst points was that the councils leading to the trinitarian concurrence were divisive. That is as if to say that the Arian heresy was not a divisive stance. The councils were there to get the minds of the bishops together to sort the ideas out in the best fashion.

The other stupid point was to identify 3 options about the Trinity or alternatively that it was an oral tradition. The trinity concept did not have to be considered by the apostles or other early Christians. So Sean made a strawman argument against the Trinity.

You would think the Arian advocates would have arguments figured out by now.
 
Jesus is the SABBATH. Jesus is our REST alone.

You're excluding the fact that Jesus defended His disciple while ignoring their sin. Which is what Christ does rather often.

Jesus didn't do what His disciples did. He simply defended them from their condemnation.

He was their REST.......

Serving days like you do is rather silly. I'll serve Jesus Christ while you insist He is my idol.
Jesus is not equal with God which is why John 5:18 isn't a prescription of really anything. It's just the false accusations that were against him. There were many. They were looking for a nice juicy blasphemy charge to round up a mob with stones and take him out. This happened to Jesus on more than one occasion. Word of advice, don't use the doctrines of Jesus' enemies as your guide or you might end up in a ditch with them.

I recommend you just follow Jesus who said he is not equal with God.

John 10
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

John 14
28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Didn't you know Jesus was an ethnic Jew bound to the law and covenants just like the others? If he didn't obey the Sabbath that would have been a sin.

Romans 9 (KJV)
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
 
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Jesus is not equal with God which is why John 5:18 isn't a prescription of really anything. It's just the false accusations that were against him.

Luke didn't write "that is what they said".......

You Unitarians are so dishonest.

There were many. They were looking for a nice juicy blasphemy charge to round up a mob with stones and take him out. This happened to Jesus on more than one occasion. Word of advice, don't use the doctrines of Jesus' enemies as your guide or you might end up in a ditch with them.

I recommend you just follow Jesus who said he is not equal with God.

I recommend you know Judaism. You don't. You don't even know that "Roman" wasn't a language. Many languages made up the "Roman Empire". Just FYI. Don't us that in the many debates you've obviously haven't had before.....

Father and sons are equals in Judaism. The fact you don't know this is very telling.

The Scriptures say the same....

Joh 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
 
This is my work. Not my teachers. Mine... on this subject which deals with the resurrected Christ. John focuses on the trinity. I focuses on the Christ. Tell me where I'm wrong.

Mediator: One who intervenes between two parties. (24)

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,


A mediator is the third party through whom agreement is reached between two parties previously in conflict with each other. Christ is the mediator of the new covenant, the one whose action makes the covenant possible, and who is the guarantor of its execution. Christ Jesus is the one functioning as a go between, in order to initiate a relationship with us because he is literally connected to both sides, and therefore he is set between God and us. It's our big brother Christ Jesus, who is the one who is acting as a guarantee—to secure something that otherwise would not be obtained. Christ is the better covenant, the new covenant, guaranteeing its terms for the Christian people before the almighty God. Christ Jesus is producing peace for the salvation of his Church and has made a promise of assurance that the new covenant will perform satisfactorily because he is the one who is set between God and us.

Advocate: He who has been or may be called to help; a pleader who comes forward in favor of, and as the representative of another. (25)

1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:


Jesus Christ is the person who is professionally qualified legally to plead our case in the highest court. As a technical term, advocate was used mainly in the legal systems that was derived from the Roman law. Christ, and only Christ, has taken the position of an advocate for us with God, and therefore he must have some claim upon the divine benefaction and the legal right to stand with us and speak in our defense. What a wonderful day it will be in our community, in our lives, and in our hearts when we realize the breach of God’s laws have been completely paid for, and Jesus Christ is in the heavenly courtroom to plead our case. We who were dead in our sins, because we were without God and without hope for salvation, have been made alive by an attorney who paid the consequences for our shortcomings and has taken up residence at the right hand of the throne of God to defend us.

Intercessor: Is one who intercedes on behalf of another. (26)

Romans 8:34
It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:


The intercessor must have standing before God, just as defense attorneys must have standing before the court where they are pleading. Christ Jesus intercedes by placing his incorruptible life at the service of the Christian people to help in the form of a supporter. Christ has undertaken to see to it that this new covenant will not go unfulfilled since this function of the intercessor is related to the divine promise that is in the relation between God's sworn oath and us. Since God is one of the parties involved in the covenant and since there is no higher court that God could represent His covenant in relation to us; the only possible solution is to have Christ vouch for God’s oath to the new covenant. Since we are the other party involved in the covenant and since God has made His Son our brother and Lord, by way of the spirit of Christ within us; the only possible solution is to have Christ vouch for us in the relationship of this new covenant.

It is largely a parroting of those you find your peers. Lazy.....
 
It's not my Temple.

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16

I am part of something bigger than myself—God's Holy, Living Temple.
"I am part of something bigger than myself" ....... I am or myself 101G started not to answer this. but people need help. LISTEN, God own everything ... including you and 101G. your body? no, it's Gods. and at death, it returns to the ground from where it came, your spirit it returns to God, and your soul? Ezekiel 18:4 "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die."
so, what's left? nothing. you and 101G own NOTHING.

101G
 
"I am part of something bigger than myself" ....... I am or myself 101G started not to answer this. but people need help. LISTEN, God own everything ... including you and 101G. your body? no, it's Gods. and at death, it returns to the ground from where it came, your spirit it returns to God, and your soul? Ezekiel 18:4 "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die."
so, what's left? nothing. you and 101G own NOTHING.

101G
Did you read my post?

It's not my Temple.

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16

I am part of something bigger than myself—God's Holy, Living Temple.
You want me to "LISTEN" to you? I think not. Do you need a nap?

The Graves Will Burst Open​

1 Corinthians 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Revelation 20:5

The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

John 5:28-29

Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
 

The Graves Will Burst Open​

1 Corinthians 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
this is already known.... Matthew 27:50 "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost." Matthew 27:51 "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;" Matthew 27:52 "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose," Matthew 27:53 "And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many."

101G stated even in Christ, you don't own NOTHING, you're bought with a price.

look LEARN. ok.

101G.
 
Better question. Who is the only God in the room? The Father is called the Lord and God in Scripture. Since Jesus just mentioned this Lord and God in John 20:17, the only "Lord and God" who would meet the qualification of such is the Father, not Jesus.

Matthew 11​
25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.​
John 20​
17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
I see you didn't like my question so you bypassed it. Well, I'll handle both which shows that Unitarianism is false.

Both Jesus and the Father are called Lord. Why? Because they both possess the same God Nature.

Also, Jesus is God by virtue of his claim to being the "I Am" OT God. Easy Breezy.
No one has translated it as “You are my Lord and my God.”
That makes no difference. And even if you had that it wouldn't satisfy you. You would then want a full notarized statement from everyone. :rolleyes:
It doesn't use the vocative case, but rather the nominative. Thomas didn't address Jesus, hence there is no "You are..." before "my Lord and my God" and why no one translates it in such a way. John didn't write John 20:28 even remotely thinking that Thomas was addressing Jesus, but rather remembered it as Thomas making a declaration. In other words, Thomas thinking Jesus was his God was the furthest thing from John's mind. There is a lot of evidence for John not believing Jesus is God around the New Testament, on that note.

However, John was plain about who Jesus said their God is in John 20:17 and miscelleanous other places.

As a result, Trinitarianism has been debunked.
Now you're stepping in and dictating to us what exactly John and Thomas was thinking at that exact time and not letting their words speak for themselves. Sorry, Thomas' words are clear and speak for themselves. Jesus is Lord and God!
This is an argument against the Trinity. Since in Trinitarianism God means "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" then writing the Trinitarian concept of God into Scripture, and attaching it to what Thomas said, then according to you Thomas called Jesus the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Bad theology. Bad logic. In some venues there would be an uproar of laughter at how silly your Trinitarian concept is.
You're just sore that Thomas declared the Deity of Jesus.

Also, what you're doing is running from the New Testament Greek as you did for John 1:1:

1 εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος

The transliteration of "θεος ην ο λογος" to English is "God was the Word".

ο λογος is the Word, a Person referred to multiple times as "He" or "Him" in verses 2 to 4.

θεος without the article functions as an attribute, in this case denoting the full attributes of Deity, of God. That arrives us to fact that the Word was God.

Therefore, the Word Person embodies the full attributes of God, of full Deity.
 
I see you didn't like my question so you bypassed it. Well, I'll handle both which shows that Unitarianism is false.
Wonderful. You didn't dare answer who the only God in the room is. We both know where that would end up.

Both Jesus and the Father are called Lord. Why? Because they both possess the same God Nature.
Lord in different contexts. For example, only the Father is called the Lord of heaven and earth in Scripture.

Also, Jesus is God by virtue of his claim to being the "I Am" OT God. Easy Breezy.
Not according to Acts 3:13 where Jesus isn't the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
That makes no difference. And even if you had that it wouldn't satisfy you. You would then want a full notarized statement from everyone. :rolleyes:
It makes a difference. Let's demonstrate... would you believe someone is calling you their Lord and their God if they walked up to you, looked at your face, and said "my Lord and my God?" I guess you wouldn't do it for yourself or for anyone else, but you making a special exception for Jesus shows your unwarranted Trinitarian bias.

Now you're stepping in and dictating to us what exactly John and Thomas was thinking at that exact time and not letting their words speak for themselves. Sorry, Thomas' words are clear and speak for themselves. Jesus is Lord and God!
Thou shalt not add to or take away from Scripture. Thomas did not say "Jesus is Lord and God!"
You're just sore that Thomas declared the Deity of Jesus.
Which verse did Thomas do that in?
Also, what you're doing is running from the New Testament Greek as you did for John 1:1:

1 εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος

The transliteration of "θεος ην ο λογος" to English is "God was the Word".

ο λογος is the Word, a Person referred to multiple times as "He" or "Him" in verses 2 to 4.

θεος without the article functions as an attribute, in this case denoting the full attributes of Deity, of God. That arrives us to fact that the Word was God.

Therefore, the Word Person embodies the full attributes of God, of full Deity.
The Word is a god with The God. That's the most literal translation of John 1:1. I have already found about 10 Greek experts who agree it's a plausible translation.
 
It doesn't use the vocative case, but rather the nominative. Thomas didn't address Jesus, hence there is no "You are..." before "my Lord and my God" and why no one translates it in such a way. John didn't write John 20:28 even remotely thinking that Thomas was addressing Jesus, but rather remembered it as Thomas making a declaration. In other words, Thomas thinking Jesus was his God was the furthest thing from John's mind. There is a lot of evidence for John not believing Jesus is God around the New Testament, on that note.
Are you still using that debunked claim. I told you previously the vocative case was replaced by the nominative case with an article



THE VOCATIVE CASE

There is a fifth case that really has no sentence slot to live in. Maybe it isn’t a true case. But it does seem to have a discrete ending sometimes. It did not show up on the article chart because this case has no article.
It is the way you spell someone (or something) when you are talking directly to him (it):

πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς (Father, forgive them.)




Here, “Father” is written in the Vocative case.
New Testament Vocatives are rare and those with discrete endings differing from the Nominative endings are extremely rare.


Edward W. Goodrick, Do It Yourself Hebrew and Greek: A Guide to Biblical Language Tools (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1980), x.

also

Direct address
The vocative case in Greek is used for direct address123. It is used when addressing someone directly, calling out to an individual by name, or welcoming or referring to them by name3. The vocative case is usually identical to the nominative case in form3. It is sometimes accompanied by the particle "o" to add emphasis or emotion3. Each declension has its own vocative form4.

My Lord and my God (ὁ κυριος μου και ὁ θεος μου [Ho kurios mou kai ho theos mou]). Not exclamation, but address, the vocative case though the form of the nominative, a very common thing in the Koiné. Thomas was wholly convinced and did not hesitate to address the Risen Christ as Lord and God. And Jesus accepts the words and praises Thomas for so doing.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933), Jn 20:28.

28.] The Socinian view, that these words, ὁ κύρ. μου κ. ὁ θεός μου, are merely an exclamation, is refuted—(1) By the fact that no such exclamations were in use among the Jews. (2) By the εἶπεν αὐτῷ. (3) By the impossibility of referring ὁ κύριός μου to another than Jesus: see ver. 13. (4) By the N.T. usage of expressing the vocative by the nom. with an article. (5) By the utter psychological absurdity of such a supposition: that one just convinced of the presence of Him whom he deeply loved, should, instead of addressing Him, break out into an irrelevant cry. (6) By the further absurdity of supposing that if such were the case, the Apostle John, who of all the sacred writers most constantly keeps in mind the object for which he is writing, should have recorded any thing so beside that object. (7) By the intimate conjunction of πεπίστευκας—see below. Dismissing it therefore, we observe that this is the highest confession of faith which has yet been made;—and that it shews that (though not yet fully) the meaning of the previous confessions of His being ‘the Son of God’ was understood. Thus John, in the very close of his Gospel (see on vv. 30, 31) iterates the testimony with which he began it—to the Godhead of the Word who became flesh: and by this closing confession, shews how the testimony of Jesus to Himself had gradually deepened and exalted the Apostles’ conviction, from the time when they knew Him only as ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἰωσήφ (ch. 1:46), till now when He is acknowledged as their LORD and their GOD.

Henry Alford, Alford’s Greek Testament: An Exegetical and Critical Commentary (vol. 1; Grand Rapids, MI: Guardian Press, 1976), 912.

maybe you should avoid making arguments about things of which you have no knowledge
 
Better question. Who is the only God in the room? The Father is called the Lord and God in Scripture. Since Jesus just mentioned this Lord and God in John 20:17, the only "Lord and God" who would meet the qualification of such is the Father, not Jesus.

Matthew 11​
25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.​
You should not alter texts of scripture

John 20:28–29 (KJV 1900) — 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Not to God as you claim but to Christ

using the nominative case with the article which replaces the vocative case (direct address)

28.] The Socinian view, that these words, ὁ κύρ. μου κ. ὁ θεός μου, are merely an exclamation, is refuted—(1) By the fact that no such exclamations were in use among the Jews. (2) By the εἶπεν αὐτῷ. (3) By the impossibility of referring ὁ κύριός μου to another than Jesus: see ver. 13. (4) By the N.T. usage of expressing the vocative by the nom. with an article. (5) By the utter psychological absurdity of such a supposition: that one just convinced of the presence of Him whom he deeply loved, should, instead of addressing Him, break out into an irrelevant cry. (6) By the further absurdity of supposing that if such were the case, the Apostle John, who of all the sacred writers most constantly keeps in mind the object for which he is writing, should have recorded any thing so beside that object. (7) By the intimate conjunction of πεπίστευκας—see below. Dismissing it therefore, we observe that this is the highest confession of faith which has yet been made;—and that it shews that (though not yet fully) the meaning of the previous confessions of His being ‘the Son of God’ was understood. Thus John, in the very close of his Gospel (see on vv. 30, 31) iterates the testimony with which he began it—to the Godhead of the Word who became flesh: and by this closing confession, shews how the testimony of Jesus to Himself had gradually deepened and exalted the Apostles’ conviction, from the time when they knew Him only as ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἰωσήφ (ch. 1:46), till now when He is acknowledged as their LORD and their GOD.

Henry Alford, Alford’s Greek Testament: An Exegetical and Critical Commentary (vol. 1; Grand Rapids, MI: Guardian Press, 1976), 912.
 
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