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    The "image of Elohim" in Genesis 1

    What exactly is the image of Elohim, and is it a quality of all humans or only the man in the Garden of Eden? If I'm reading this right, in verse 25 the noun 'Adam' (Man) is used without an article, but in 27 it's with an article.
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  3. Sin suffering and individuation

    In order for humans to achieve self (for us to individuate), there must be a distance between us and God. This necessary situation produces the conditions within which sin is possible. Sin is any act which increases separation. Our natural disposition is to turn away from God. Suffering is the...
  4. He is the image of the invisible God

    John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth. 2 Corinthians 3: 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed...
  5. There are Two Creation Stories in Genesis

    In the first creation story, Genesis 1, plants are created on the third day. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants...
  6. Here is a fine example of idiotic twisting of Christian logic...

    "A Republican state lawmaker in Ohio says he won’t wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic because it covers the face, which is the “likeness of God.” Nino Vitale, who serves in the state’s House of Representatives, says he’s not planning to follow guidance from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine...
  7. What is the Image of God and the Beast?

    Do we really understand what is meant by being made in G-ds image? Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that...
  8. Sunflowers and Sonpeople

    Sadie and I were on an early morning walk down a dirt farm road yesterday. In one of the fields a farmer is growing sunflowers. Although I had passed the sunflower field other mornings, yesterday the beauty of it stuck me in a new way. Perhaps it was due to the flowers being at their fullest...
  9. How Would a Self-Aware Android Fit in?

    If indeed such a thing is ever made, which is self aware, knows right from wrong,, where exactly does it fit in within the Christian framework. Is it still a machine with no rights? How should a Christian view it? An abomination and mockery of mankind or a brother of sorts? Most importantly, how...
  10. Would God destroy the earth for animal-human chimera or hybrid experiments?

    Gen 1 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image...
  11. IMAGING God Gen. 1:27

    Created male and female. So is the image of God LOVING? (Since God is love!)