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Re: Man in God's image
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:32:28 GMT
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Daniel Jassim wrote:
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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?
Our ability to advance, learn, create, and invent are reflections of the
Creator, but aggressiveness, territorial-ness, and brutality are not. They
came about because the first man, Adam, disobeyed the one command God told
him to keep. Ever since then, all men have had a sin nature, or tendency to
sin.
> 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 that is why the Bible teaches that killing people is wrong: it destroys
one of God's special creations who deserves respect because, though he is
sinful, he has some of the same characteristics that God has.
> 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
Well put, 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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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