I understand that the bible says otherwise in certain parts...but this is coming from somebody who has seen death and has spent what seemed like an eternity without any identity of my own merged with the Divine Father. Such an experience cannot be mistaken for anything else, it was imbued with truth in a way that words cannot even describe. It is a memory of mine that time cannot change or fade.

Jesus was not there to my knowledge or not part of the process, unless he was just an invisible force assisting the process without attributes...in which case I would just call that force god anyway. For this reason I see Jesus as a real path to God, but not the only path.

So for these reasons, based on personal experience, you could quote all you want but its not going to change my mind.