05-13-2008, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by vince
I find it difficult to follow that the "energy source"(by that you probably mean the creator God) created humans in it's image,because as a energy source,it can't be corporeal,but rather ethereal,since it is a spirit,and since it is a spirit,it can't have an image to mold us after, because it is supposed to be formless.
This is another one of those instances where the bible seems to be toying with it's readers heads,yet again.
How can a non-corporeal being mold a physical being(man) in it's own image when it has none?
Anyway,i think pairing beings of two different genders in the physical world comes out of necessity under the influence of nature's laws that exist in the physical world,and has little in common with what exist in the non physical world.I am only speculating,ofcourse.Who knows anything about the unknowable.But it is fun to speculate,isn't it.
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I don't think that image should be interpreted as something physical but rather abstract. What makes man so similar to God? I don't think the answer is his form but rather his identity as a person. What makes us people if not the ability to think and make decisions? I once studied this theme of resemblance in the xtian phylosophy and the teacher explained that God did creat men in his own image as in he gave him a coscience of his own just like the Creator. He can invent and create just like his Creator. Who knows God might have created men to be free and have no bonds with him because I find it difficult to think that as an omniscent being he would give his creation all these qualities and expect him to remain under his almighty care.
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