There is NOT a huge pile of evidence that Jesus claimed to be God.
Frankly, you have to have blinders on to think that.
There is a HUGE pile of evidence that he did not claim to be God, and very thin ambiguos evidence to the contrary.
I have a Christian friend who says that Trinitarian WILL NOT SEE, REFUSE TO SEE.
Let the Truth sink in that you are UNWILLING TO SEE THE TRUTH.
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
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He ain’t Three
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He ain’t Three
God is one, but you are overlooking the fact that in Matthew 28:19 the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are listed together as EQUALS.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Mt 28:19). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
There is NOT a huge pile of evidence that Jesus claimed to be God.
***SO, someone like you can look at post #294 as put to you and can say such a thing only by being willfully blind.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3104329/posts?page=294#294
Any reasonable person confronted with such a volume of historical evidence would realize that they have to throw out all of recorded history in order to accommodate your irrational claim.