[Serious Discussion] Religion

[[SAE]Grim]

Nobody claimed they know everythinf about God.

[Maddolis]

That's because everythinf isn't a real word.

[[SAE]Grim]

LMFAO

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[0Target0]

How do you know he does not look like a human?

I mean people have portrayed him for ages like this in chapels and churches.

You say they are wrong?

[Munch]

How do you know he does not look like a human?

I mean people have portrayed him for ages like this in chapels and churches.

You say they are wrong?

We don't KNOW he does not look like a human. Just like we don't know he does look like a human.

Those portraying him as a human aren't exactly wrong until proven otherwise.

[STyL4]

That's because everythinf isn't a real word.

lmfao

anyways dont judge anything and claim its "Egocentrism" 0target0 unless ure sure about it.. grim my point was that u cant know everything about God, we're not God ourselves to do that


and those that potrayed him as human were mostly artists, trying to "create" a connection between human and God even though there is a big difference (power perspective)

[0Target0]

Genesis 1:27 and god created man to his own image...


oh wut? The bible lies?

Those artists were paid by the church, with very little artistic freedom, it was the church who determined what had to be painted.

[STyL4]

"The words "image" and "likeness" used in Genesis 1:26-27 express the idea of the whole man being created in this way. In some sense, both a man's material and immaterial aspects are included in this assessment. Now, we know that strictly speaking man's physical body is not patterned after the physical appearance of God. We are taught in John 4 that God is Spirit and does not reside in a physical body. However, this does not preclude the physical body being some part of the image of God. We exist currently as body and soul together. It is meaningless to talk of us a just a soul or just a body when we are alive on earth. Both are intricately intertwined to make you the person you are.

Your question has the implication that those people who have mental or physical deficiencies are somehow not created in the image of God. I find that this is not true. Because some of the aspects we associate with God's image may not be operating properly, it doesn't mean the person is devoid of God's image. Rather, it shows that the image is somehow skewed or distorted. I liken this to an analogy of a car being made in a certain likeness (such as the body style of a corvette). When it is wrecked, the damage does not nullify the idea of being formed in that likeness, but shows the image as defective and in need of repair. Every person who is aware, no matter how slight his mental faculties, lives by some ethic, some moral code, and some decision-making processes. This re-emphasizes importance of our Redeemer's work in the lives of men, for only He can create a heart in man that is not distorted and seeks His will.

Read more: http://www.comereason.org/theo_issues/th...z1JugpPzV6
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anyways : http://www.comereason.org/theo_issues/theo080.asp , same question as u've delivered

Bible is full of metaphores and sometimes some people just judge too fast, because maybe it has OTHER meaning, not the one in his head. ))

church is institution, religion is cultural system that creates powerful and long-lasting meaning by establishing symbols that relate humanity to beliefs and values

gg

[Richard]

Actually, Target has a point there. Everything we take from the Bible or so is pure interpretation, it's the way we read it. It can be seen as both ways. Both how Target says it, and both how Styla says it. You can't really say one of them is wrong.

[0Target0]

lmaooo 

"Those artists were paid by the church, with very little artistic freedom, it was the church who determined what had to be painted."


church is institution, religion is cultural system that creates powerful and long-lasting meaning by establishing symbols that relate humanity to beliefs and values

gg

The picture i posted comes is a wall of the sixteenth chapel.

gg