Non-Catholic ping
The majority of Protestants and Catholics believe Jesus was and IS the Son of God.
Deceptions of the Last Hour
18†Little children, †it is the last hour; and as you have heard that †thed Antichrist is coming, †even now many antichrists have come, by which we know †that it is the last hour.
19†They went out from us, but they were not of us; for †if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out †that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
20But †you have an anointing †from the Holy One, and †youe know all things.
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22†Who is a liar but he who denies that †Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
23†Whoever denies the Son does not have the †Father either; †he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Nelson, Thomas (2009-02-18). Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV) (p. 1179). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
James D. Tabor seems to be a very confused scholar. Not anyone that I would seek out again for his point of view.