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Author Topic:   When did Homo Sapiens become 'in the image of God' ?
Peg
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Message 12 of 52 (512717)
06-20-2009 8:30 AM
Reply to: Message 10 by RAZD
06-18-2009 8:16 PM


Re: another point of view
Hi Radz
that is an interesting way of putting it and probably a good way of explaining it to someone with not much biblical understanding
a more technically correct way of putting it is to say that man was created with the attributes of God...these are Godly qualities as has already been mentioned by bluejay
the hebrew word in genesis for 'image' is literally a 'shadow or semblance' from the hebrew word 'betsalmenu'
Because God is a spirit, it rules out any 'physical' likeness between God and man. But we do have some unusual qualities that other animals do not seem to possess.

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