Why Do You Believe Jesus is God?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Robert Sanders

Why do you think that the author of this verse did not write it this way?

In the beginning was Jesus the Word and
Jesus the Word was with God and Jesus the Word was God.
And Jesus the Word (which was God) was MADE FLESH.

Please if you will, answer this question,
to the best you can?

Because before being flesh and named Jesus, He was the Word according to John.

Also I presume John expected his audience to have some intelligence and cognitive ability to read