Are you created in God’s image?

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Are you created in God’s image?

“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
¯ Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect

Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Scriptures tell us to be like God and emulate all he does as we are to follow in his footsteps.

If you are a Christian, are you capable of following your God?

Would you be able and willing to do some of the things the bible shows God doing?

Are you created in God’s image?

Regards
DL

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Good question, GIM.

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Thank you.

Regards
DL

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I think God is exactly like me.

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I was created in the image of a sandwich?

bologna.

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It’s actually ham and cheese.

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O immortal croissant bun snack

forgive me, i am small and rude. i am but a humble crumb searching for the ingredients to true tastiness.

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Ahdam was supposedly created in God’s image, not you.
Ahdam was Man, not hu-man.

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James,

You are now insulting GIM. :evilfun:
He is the most noble and wise prophet that ever came to this earth.
Ordinary people like us are not supposed to challenge him.
He is a very focussed person and immune to these distrating attempts.

I am just asking him to enlightem me with his wisdom but he does not have the time for these silly things.
His goal is very high.

with love,
sanjay

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Don’t worry, Sanjay. I wasn’t talking to him. :-$

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In that case, it is all right.
I was worried about GIM only.

with love,
sanjay

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Does that please you and could you do what he is shown as doing in scriptures?

Regards
DL

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Let me adlib. Created we them, male and female and called them Adam.

Why is God calling a female Adam.

Do you recognize that the old Jewish God was an androgynous God like most of the older Eastern Gods?

Regards
DL

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I have plenty of time but you have yet to place a proper question. I told you that when you do, you will gain my attention.

Regards
DL

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I am in God’s image as a trinity of mind, body and soul and as a creative human being. This is not to be confused with the image of the OT God.

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duplicate

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I am please that you want to distance yourself from the vile imaginary construct.

Regards
DL

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Allegedly, you can do anything if god is on your side. I haven’t tried any of that stuff, but I assume that yes, I could because I mean…me and god are just alike.

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We need to agree upon a standard of evidence.