"literal Son of God. What does "literal" add to the meaning?"
I think their thought is, if he was only as per the Mary event, they are deeming that not as a literal Son and effectively just a human. Producing the things I mentioned in my post.
Supposedly, it appears their claim is, he is the image of God, express image, and by inheritance pre-existing, he had all the attributes etc of God and a God then. They also it would seem, claim he either shares the Holy Spirit or his is the same, and claim He is the Helper of Comforter that returned = Holy Spirit. One of their sad supports there is, before the Holy Spirit came, Jesus breathed it onto them. But the Bible is very clear, he received it from God without measure when here, to aid him to speak the word of God John 3:34, Luke 4:18.
Other verses they use, are all in reference to After the cross, which they try and drag forward, to his pre-existing (Heb)
Mysteries as to how people come to their conclusions, never ceases It clearly demonstrates, the Power of set seeds and once set, there is pretty much zero chance of changing them.
