Reply #: You failed so hard I can't believe it didn't hurt.

[laconicsax]

Let's start with an easy one--"Elohim."

There are three ways to look at this:

1) The plural refers to the Trinity, a concept not found elsewhere in Judaism and therefore highly unlikely to have been the origin.
2) It's one god speaking with the royal 'we.'
3) "Elohim" is a remnant of the polytheistic religion the myths in Genesis was taken from.

The truth is most likely a combination of the latter two, and almost certainly not the first. It makes zero sense that the Jews, who never believed in the Trinity, would have written their holy book to include it.

Now for your ellipsis party...

Your Isaiah 9 excerpt is so far removed from context it's laughable. You've altered the meaning of the chapter so much I don't even know where to begin. You also conveniently left out the veritable boatload of prophecy in Isaiah 42 that Jesus didn't fulfill.

I take it that it has never occured to you that the 'allusions' in John are metaphorical and not literal. I guess I'll just have to remember that you're a Biblical literalist.