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To: Lane3 who wrote (78460)	10/29/2003 11:53:13 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

"...created in the image and likeness of God, which makes God a creature. Does your religion not portray God as a creature?" No. Although, I don't consider myself a spokesperson for everybody else.

To: Lane3 who wrote (78460)	10/29/2003 6:27:51 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

Repost: God is not a creature or anthropomorphic. "...created in the image and likeness of God,..." If I were to detect some subtle meaning in a posting of yours, you could rightfully call me "Old Eagle Eye" for having caught something that would be missed by most readers. You would be associating the great sightedness of an Eagle with the my ability to detect subtle information beyond the norm. So, the metaphor is properly applied. When we associate a quality or attribute that is human with God, we are extending the limited analog to the infinite, unmeasurable, and perfection of the characteristic to a human likeness. I can claim to be truthful but we all know that my truth has limitations that are contingent upon my ability to perceive, understand, and know things about my experience. We know what truthfulness is so the characteristic of truth associated with God is immeasurably infinite. So, although my truthfulness is like God's it is not perfect, and infinite. I can make a sketch of you that might represent your image but the image is a far cry from being you. The image is a very limited representation of what can be known about you. So, we can be formed in the image of God (having characteristics that are representative) without determining that the infinite being is a limited creature like us. ... any more than someone should determine that I am a flying creature with a long beak, just because your representation of one of my characteristics (Eagle Eye) was accurate.

To: Lane3 who wrote (78460)	10/29/2003 7:51:20 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

created in the image and likeness of God, which makes God a creature That may be the way you were taught, but it's not universal doctrine. For several reasons. First, that's an English translation of Hebrew terms. I don't read Hebrew, but I believe the terms have broader meaning than they would in English. Second, the fact that humans may anthropormophize God doesn't mean that God is a physical creature. It is hard today, and was presumably just as hard 2,000 years ago, to find in our language appropriate terms to describe God, who is above and beyond language. Third, a painter or a sculptor can create an image of something which doesn't exist in creature form. You really shouldn't read the Bible in such a limiting, restrictive way. It's like taking poetry literally.