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Re: Man in God's image
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Sun, 1 Apr 2001 06:10:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> 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.
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> Dan
And minifigs are created in man's image...
Remember when they introduced Pirates? Peglegs, hooks and eye patches
abounded. Suddenly, my Dark Ages reversed and then my LEGO began to try to
kill each other like civilized people.
Kind of makes me weepy <sniff>
My old History teacher from high school used to discuss the Crusades with us
and sing "Jesus loves me, this I know", to prove your point. Religion is an
excuse to say, "I art holier than thou." Faith however is a private matter,
often shared by individuals through organizations. When the organization is
controlled for the advancement of a few "enlightened souls" then it becomes
corrupt. Sort of like the California Power companies, but that is another
story...
Aaron (god of little yellow people)
:)
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