Talk:Image of God

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"To say that humans are in the image of God is to recognize the special qualities of human nature which allow God to be made manifest in humans" is non biblical, an atheist wrote this. A biased atheist I might add.

"if humans are to love God, then humans must love other humans, as each is an expression of God" is also non biblical. Humans are God's creations, not his expressions of himself. If God needed to express himself, that is if he was lacking something, he would not be God. The Christian definition of God holds that God does not need humans, rather humans need God.

Christians also do not view as the fall of Adam and Eve as a myth. But as part of the history of Creation. The story of Adam and Eve shows that humans can choose- have a free will. You can’t strive to bring out the image of God in yourself, as it is who you are the reason you reason, you are created that way, you can’t deny the image of God any more than a painting can deny it has color. But you can deny that you are created in the image of God, you can also deny there is a God, this to is a gift that comes from being created in his image. Humans are free to reject God just as much as they are free to know Him, and see Him the daddy go my momma

“Striving to bring about the imago Dei in one's life can be seen as the quest for wholeness, or one's "essential" self, as pointed to in Christ's life and teachings.” Is non biblical, this is not found in the bible. This is rubbish. This is also not seen in Christ’s words as present in the bible. An atheist also wrote this.

[edit] Merging

Yes, of course merge! --JBJ 21:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)