I don't know what missionaries you had
The kind that had an ounce of shame, not like you.
but I assure you that this won't be the last time you see me as I will gladly refute your claim.
Careful! I hope you do not confuse quantity for quality.
a. Resurrection of the body
The present tense of “’I am ascending to my Father” means that Jesus is already in the process of ascending but has not yet reached his destination [1]. That means that Jesus is after his resurrection on the way to the invisible reality of God. Just before Jesus Christ went to heaven, he said: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matthew 28:18). Therefore Jesus Christ is God.
If you revisit my post, I have clearly highlighted and underlined the part "to my God". Hence, it was not the ascension that I wanted to bring to your attention; instead I wanted to show you that Jesus (asws) taught that he had a God. How can God have a God? Remember my other post you ignored about paradoxes? Here is another paradox! How can God have God? But you have three more paragraphs. Let us see if you tried to rationalize this paradox in any of your three remaining points.
b. Internal relation between Jesus and God
“To my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” means that Jesus Christ did not mention a common God for all, but “my God”, the personal God of Jesus Christ and this implies an unique and internal relation between Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Father. This internal relation between Jesus Christ and the Father means that Jesus Christ is divine. However, this internal relation can only be found after careful searching for the truth [2].
Ibn Zura, the title of the website, should be renamed to "Ibn Jahl" because he truly is the offspring of ignorance! So Jesus (asws), by saying "my God", was implying an unique and internal relation between Jesus (asws) and God and this internal relation makes Jesus (asws) divine. Imagine if you and I worked for the same company and I said, "I have to go talk to the manager, to your manager and to my manager". Does that mean I am implying an unique and internal relation between me and the manager and that somehow implies that I am the manager? Nonsense!
As I said, the other missionaries had some shame and they silently went away.
c. Context
As perfect example and spiritual coach of mankind, Jesus explains the way to go for man and therefore Thomas declares Jesus as God: “And Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” (John 20:28). Therefore from the context of John 20:17 with following verses, it becomes clear that Jesus is God.
Thomas was expressing his astonishment to have found Jesus (asws) in flesh. He was not willing to believe that Jesus (asws) was in their midst until he saw him with his own eyes and put his "fingers where the nails were" because he had heard that Jesus (asws) had been crucified. So when the other disciples told him that they had seen Jesus (asws), after the alleged crucifixion, and Thomas saw Jesus (asws) and touched him, he was surprised and exclaimed, "My Lord and my God".
Also earlier Jesus said: “Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father” (John 16:28) , an implication that he comes from God and goes back to God and therefore he can only be God, as he said: “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves." (John 14:10-11)
We all come from God and return to Him. Does that make us all Divine? Also, please read the context starting with the very first verse of John 14. If that is too much, let me share the central point made known in verse 8.
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." So Jesus (asws) says to him, "Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?" (John 14:8-9)
In other words, Jesus (asws) says that if one has believed in him, he must also believe in God because he does as God commands him to do. Trust me, for every one verse you present to "prove" that Jesus (asws) is God, I can present two that shows him to be a mere mortal.
Therefore John 20:17 is not a denial that Jesus is divine.
In other words, another paradox. God can have a God and they are both gods and yet the followers claim they believe in one God.
d. Conclusion
That said that he returned to his Father is not a denial of the divinity of Jesus, because he has an internal divine relation with the Father.
If you have an internal relation with your father, or mother, does that mean you are also your own father, or mother? You really give dump people tremendous hope.