Image of God

Madison Lapsley Dr. King DWC 101-006 September 26, 2017 Monotheism’s Moral Order In Genesis, there is a single god, meaning that the story revolves around a monotheistic religion. In Atrahasis, there are several different gods, meaning that it revolves around a polytheistic religion. Because Genesis surrounds a singular god, there is a moral order. This is because with a singular God, there is a concrete way to live that is viewed as righteous. A universe with a true moral order revolves around…

Creationism and Evolutionism What is the controversy between creationism and evolutionism? By definition according to Merriam-Webster “a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis”( Merriam-Webster) On the other hand evolutionism is defined as “a theory that the differences between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a…

idols will be broken to pieces; all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;I will destroy all her images. (Micah 1:6-7)” We see that God is promising judgment against Samaria and Jerusalem because of their sinful ways. Hays talks about how there were certain people who were, “…defrauding people of their land and houses. (Hays pg. 312)” This was seen as evil because the land was a gift from God to His people, not something to be used to hold over their hands and abused. While the promise of…

imperfections. He believed in the process of anthropomorphism, the idea that we imagine all values and emotions capable to humans and take them in their greatest and most pure form to create a personal identity, God. Similarly, philosopher Mary Dale believed humans created God and also that the idea of God in Christianity reflected a patriarchy. She wrote many books about how this idea shows a structure around the father and discusses myths of patriarchy…

multiple Mayan gods created the Earth, everything it is composed of, and how they later create beings capable of worship. In Genesis, one God is responsible for the creation of everything, the most important being mankind. The Popol Vuh and Genesis are so similar that the Popol Vuh is sometimes thought of as a Mayan take on the Bible. The most paramount similarities are explaining the origin of humanity, illustrating the consequences for not following the rules set by the gods or of God, and the…

though Shiva is most known for his phallic image, other phallic representations are present at other temples around the world, including some that pay homage to Dionysus. In the Greek representation, the phallus is represented as a pillar or column. In Orthos there is a pillar that directly represents Dionysus. Besides the two gods being represented as phallic symbols, there are also other ways in which they are depicted. Shiva also has a popular image of him, in…

studied the mystical Jewish secrets called Kabbalah. Then, as he went from camp to camp and saw atrocity after atrocity, death after death--a child with God's image in his eyes hung, with God hung beside him--he felt God die in his heart and ceased to believe in the God of the Jews, this even though he still uttered prayers of desperation to the God he no longer believed. Elie and his father have a relationship built upon paternal and filial love, though Mr. Wiesel is not affectionately…

So God created man in his image, in the divine image he created them; male and female he created them . . . On the sixth day, the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, so man became a living being . . . Then the LORD God said: “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him” . . . So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with…

and the way we carry out our daily lives. Knowing that man was created in the image of God (Gen 2:15), it is necessary for us to treat one another so. The way we see God influences everything we do in life—the way we treat each other (as individuals being created in God's image), our stewardship of God's creation, our understanding of our vocation as a way to glorify God— all areas of life are changed as our view of God changes (Etzel & Gutierrez, 2014, p.3). References Bennie J Van,…

God is present in our lives every day, and He is visible to humans through creation, themselves, history, and others. I see God through all of those ways everyday, but most importantly, I see Him through others. Whether it is my family, friends, or strangers, I can always witness God’s omnipresence. God is revealed to me through other people’s Salvatorian service, their kindness, and their will to answer God’s call to holiness through vocation. God is visible to me through my own service and…