Actually those who believe in the divinity of Jesus:
- belong in the "house of Constantine". IMO.
- They deviated from the actual teachings of Jesus! IMO
- Wishful thinking! There is no such thing as an alternate fact!
- Bible clearly indicates Jesus wasn't a God. Jesus denied being God himself.
- No need to out-smart Jesus and try and turn him into a God.
- A real God would not go up the mountain and pray to himself! [Luke 5:16] & [Matthew 14:23]
Ha, ha! So, he came down - did the usual things just like any prophet would do (preach) then when the rumor started and he was charged with blasphemy - suddenly out of convenience - he decided to announce that he is dying to erase sins!
That is something Constantine wanted people to believe. IMO.
Simple questions can be asked - why Jesus' disciples were sad during the last supper? Why Jesus' companion reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the high priest's guard's ear and slash it off?
If Jesus prepared them and told them the reason why he is allowing himself to die - then why would anyone fight back? Why cut the ear off of the guard?
Even with the innovations -
no where in the Bible Jesus claims to be God and asked anyone to worship him! In the contrary - I can show you many verse where he denied being God or implied not being God at all. [John 7:16], [John 12:49], [John 6:38], [John 5:30], [John 17:1-3], [Mark 10:17-18], [Matthew 7:21], [John 20:17], [John 8:42], [John 12:49], [Luke 9:20-21], [Luke 4:11], [John 14:24], [John 14:28], [Luke 22:42], [Luke 22:42], [Luke 5:16], [Matthew 14:23], and many more!