That's fine, you have my permission and you do not have to "redact" my name. You copy and paste every word I said here:
I highly suggest Mattathias that your read "carefully" what Craig said here:
https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2015/is-worship-of-jesus-idolatry
Your misunderstanding the point of what he says. The one person of Jesus Christ "assumed" a human nature and we are not worshiping His nature but rather who He is. Thomas declared (literally) to the one person of Jesus Christ, "The Lord of me and the God of me." If you notice, Thomas was looking at a 100% contingent human being when he said what he said at John 20:28.
So, I guess I will have to bring out the "big guns" and school you on this subject. Does the term "person" appear in the Bible?" Yes! The Greek word for person is "prospon." Strongs #5287. Examples follow.
Matthew 22:16, "....thou regardest not the person of men." Matthew 27:24, "...I am innocent of the blood of this just person" Another one, 2 Corinthinas 2:10, "But whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for ou sakes IN THE PERSON/PRESENCE OF CHRIST."
Now pay attention--The word "person" also appears here: Hebrews 1:3, "who being the birghtness of his glory, and the express image of his PERSON." this last one is critical because in the original Greek the word translated as "person" is "hypostasis." The substantial quality, nature, or a person or thing." The same word is rendered as "substance" in Hebrews 11:1.
Furthermore, in everycase, here we see the word "person" in the Bible (including "hypostasis" it is routinely used in the original Greek Scriptures in EXACTLY the same way it is used in the Greek use of these Greek words to explain trinitarian theology to Greek speaking people.
And like I said the other term translated as "person" here is "prosopon" whihc is also translated as "face" most often, as "person" and also as "presence" and "countenance" throughout the New Testament. In every case it MEANS that by which the IDENTITY is expressed or manifest--EXACTLY what is means in trinitarian theology when we say ther there are three "persons" who share the same "nature."
Does the word "nature" appear in the Bible? Yes, it does. The Greek word is "phusis." It appears at Galatians 2:15, "We who are Jews by NATURE, and not sinners from among the Gentiles." Or Ephesians 2:3, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others." 2 Peter 1:4, "ye might be partakers of the divine nature"
Now, not only does it "appear" in the Bible but the Greek term "phusis" (Strongs number 5449) which refers to "the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others is used in the bible in EXACTLY the same way as it is used in trinitarian theology when we say there is ONE god who's nature (that which distinguished Him from all that is NOT GOD is manifest in three persons by which the identity is expressed.
So in summary, if you were to ask me if God is a person, I would say "yes and no." I do not believe God is a person "as we are." I believe His personhood is like ours for we are created in His image and after His likeness. But we are as far below Him as the earth is below the heavens in all respects. Personhood is one of those respects. Therefore yes, I believe God is a person "like we are" to a certain extent, but I believe His ONTOLOGICAL self, His whole being is also far beyond "personshood" in the human sense."
The big problem with humans, (and this is in a theological sense especially in regard to Unitarianism and other anti's that deny the deity of Jesus Christ) is that they want to bring God down to a strickly human level. For instance, God is infinite, omniscient and omnipresent. None of the attributes are readily availiable to the finite human mind. I hope this helps. PS: I'm hoping your an honorable man and tell me "EXACTLY" what he said, leave out nothing.
IN GOD THE SON,
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