Jewjitzu
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We are first introduced to the mention of the image of God in Genesis 1:26. We are told man is created in that image. Then, immediately after that, we are told God's image is singular, His, Genesis 1:27, and it is in both man and woman. And after that what man does with that image in Genesis 1:28.
Gen 1
26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
What are the problems with thinking God had a body and created mankind with that "image"? Isn't this a Mormon teaching that is considered heretical?
Some poster has argued that God's image includes a body, soul, and spirit, and that the Father is the soul, Spirit is the spirit, and Son is the body. Is this right?
Gen 1
26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
What are the problems with thinking God had a body and created mankind with that "image"? Isn't this a Mormon teaching that is considered heretical?
Some poster has argued that God's image includes a body, soul, and spirit, and that the Father is the soul, Spirit is the spirit, and Son is the body. Is this right?
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