Why Does John 1 Lack The Definite Article?

This article is a guest post written by my friend and fellow blogger Johnny Sakr of FreeThinking Ministries (www.freethinkingministries.com). He has allowed me (Evan Minton) to post this here with permission. In this post, Sakr refutes the argument of the Jehovah's Witnesses that the lack of the definite article in John 1 proves that Jesus is merely "a" god rather than God. 

New International VersionIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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