And it is a colossal waste of time, that I quote Jesus mentioning that his own God is the God of his brothers (his disciples) and ... ... who of you care what he says?
So you bring attitude to this discussion, and assume that we reject Scripture.
It's too bad you couldn't obey Jesus and try being charitable.
To answer your question, ALL Trinitarians "care what he says".
John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’ ”
Amen!
No Trinitarian ignores the above.
We believe it and love that Scripture!
What did you expect?
Jesus is recognizing His Father as God (as all Trinitarians do).
Did you expect Jesus to be an atheist, and not recognize God?
Seriously?!
But since that passage does NOT say, "Jesus is not God", it's really irrelevant to the SPECIFIC discussion we are having.
In the mean time, YOU are the one who continues to IGNORE:
John: "and the Word was
God" (John 1:1);
Jesus: "Before Abraham was,
I AM" (John 8:58);
Thomas calling Jesus, "My Lord and
my God!" (John 20:28);
Paul: "the church
of God, which
He bought with
His own blood" (Acts 20:28);
Paul: "the
Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever." (Rom. 9:5);
Paul: "the kingdom of
the Christ and God" (Eph. 5:5);
Paul: "[Christ Jesus] though He was
in the form of God" (Phil. 2:6);
Paul: "in [Christ] the whole
fullness of deity dwells bodily" (Col. 2:9);
Paul: "
our God and Lord, Jesus Christ" (2 Thess. 1:12);
Paul: "the glory of
our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Tit. 2:13);
Hebrews: "But
of the Son he says, “Your throne,
O God" (Heb. 1:8);
Peter: "the righteousness of
our God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 1:1);
Why do you IGNORE all these passages?
And more importantly, why do you expect ME to ignore these passages?
And since JW's like to try to use the ECF's (which they've clearly never read) to try to disprove the deity of Christ, I also offer the following:
"... by the will of the Father and
Jesus Christ our God."
--
Ignatius, Eph. 1:0
... once restored to new life in
the Blood of God, ...
--
Ignatius, Eph. 1:1
... having received knowledge of
God, that is, Jesus Christ!
--
Ignatius, Eph. 17:2
... The fact is,
our God Jesus Christ was conceived by Mary...
--
Ignatius, Eph. 18:2
...
God was making His appearance
in human form ...
--
Ignatius, Eph. 19:3
... puffed up and cling inseparably to
God Jesus Christ, ...
--
Ignatius, Tral. 7:1
... beloved and illuminated through the faith and love of
Jesus Christ our God;
--
Ignatius, Rom. 1:0
... Heartiest good wishes for unimpaired joy in
Jesus Christ our God, ...
--
Ignatius, Rom. 1:0
...
Our God Jesus Christ certainly is the more clearly seen now ...
--
Ignatius, Rom. 3:3
I extol
Jesus Christ, the God who has granted you such wisdom.
--
Ignatius, Smyr. 1:1
... it was good of you to give them a warm reception as to servants of
Christ God.
--
Ignatius, Smyr. 10:1
I say good-bye to you all forever in
Jesus Christ our God,
--
Ignatius, Poly. 8:3
... may He grant unto you a lot and portion among His saints, ... who shall believe on our
Lord and God Jesus Christ
--
Polycarp, Phili. 12:2
“ I wish to do in order to prove that
Christ is called both God and Lord of hosts, ..."
--
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 36
“
He was God, Son of the only, unbegotten, unutterable God.”
--
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 126
“And that
Christ being Lord, and God the Son of God, and appearing formerly in power ...
--
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 128
"... who also, being the first-begotten
Word of God, is even God.
--
Justin Martyr, First Apology, 63
“It was He because of whom the earth quaked.
He that hung up the earth in space was Himself hanged up;
He that fixed the heavens was fixed with nails;
He that bore up the earth was borne up on a tree;
the Lord of all was subjected to ignominy in a naked body—
God put to death! the King of Israel slain with Israel’s right hand!
[...]
they slew God, who hung naked on the tree."
--
Melito of Sardis, Part V
“... in order that to
Christ Jesus, our Lord, and God, and Saviour, and King,
--
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 1.10.1
“...
His birth from a virgin, and His essence,
that He is God (for the name Emmanuel indicates this)."
--
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3.21.4
“
Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father,
is the God of the living, ..."
--
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 4.5.2
“He received testimony from all that
He was very man, and that He was very God,"
--
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 4.6.7
“
This Word, then, the Christ, the cause of both our being at first (
for He was in God) and of our well-being, this very Word has now appeared as man,
He alone being both, both God and man—the Author of all blessings to us;
--
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen, 1
"the expiator of sin, the Saviour, the clement,
the Divine Word, He that is truly most manifest Deity,”
--
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen, 10
“For God alone is without sin; and the only man without sin is Christ,
since Christ is also God.”
--
Tertullian, Treatise on the Soul, Part 1, 41
“
Thus Christ is Spirit of Spirit, and God of God, as light of light is kindled.”
--
Tertullian, Apology, 21