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Re: Man in God's image
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Sat, 31 Mar 2001 16:51:42 GMT
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It's nice to hear your interest in this, Dan. I do have an answer for you,
but I have to go to work now.
--Ryan
Daniel Jassim wrote:
> Greetings! Wow, I was following the debate on whether God has a name for
> God. It is certainly an intersting discussion! One thing I found • unsettling
> is the notion of God creating man in His image. Although I consider it a
> noble belief, I think it is also a dangerous idea since it has gotten man
> into so much trouble.
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> Think of the brutality and destruction humans have unleashed on each other
> and against their earth in the name of their creator, and in the name of
> man? I believe this idea of divinity, of placing ourselves above all and
> that this world was created exclusively for us, has weakened mankind and
> crippled the earth. Mankind seems to have divorced itself from nature, • going
> against it and throwing the world out of balance. We've treated our divity
> as a green light to strip the earth bare of anything ripe for the • plucking.
> In this sense, man has truly forsaken his creator.
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> Our technology advanced way before our ethics and sensibilty. We remain
> aggressive, territorial and brutal-- surely this cannot be a relfection of
> our creator's image? No animal in the history of life on this planet has
> killed more of it's own species than homo sapiens; how easily we destroy • our
> creator's image. And the killing goes on and on, in the name of democracy • or
> communism, or the new old religion: capitalism. We are told that God • created
> the earth and Heavan. Indeed, man has created a place worse than Hell,
> because at least only the sinners suffer there.
>
> Dan
>
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| Greetings! Wow, I was following the debate on whether God has a name for God. It is certainly an intersting discussion! One thing I found unsettling is the notion of God creating man in His image. Although I consider it a noble belief, I think it is (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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