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Single Idea 7506

[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness ]

Full Idea

And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

Gist of Idea

God made man in his own image

Source

Anon (Tor) (01: Book of Genesis [c.750 BCE], 1.26)

Book Ref

'The Bible', ed/tr. the Church [Collins 1950], p.1


A Reaction

Since we are obviously not identical in every way with God, we can presumably choose in which respects we think of ourselves as being like Him. Reason, understanding, beauty, goodness, consciousness? A troublesome verse, challenged by Darwin.


The 3 ideas from '01: Book of Genesis'

And God saw the light, that it was good [Anon (Tor)]
The names of all the types of creature were given forever by Adam [Anon (Tor)]
God made man in his own image [Anon (Tor)]