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If mankind is made in the image of God, then is one image of God, person, more important than another?
No. This is why it's written;
that they are but beasts.
God made Man in His image and breathed life into man making Man a living soul. This is why Man is not a mere animal.
If mankind is made in the image of God, then is one image of God, person, more important than another?
"Image" refers tot he invisible attributes of God, intellect, love, reasoning, a soul and a spirit, etc. "likeness" refers to the visible attributes of God---a head, arms,legs etc.
Image was created(Gen 1:27 and notice "likeness" is omitted in that verse.), likeness was formed from the dust of the earth(Gen 2:7).
Daniel 3:5
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Revelation 13:5
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
created with love, with God.
That last prophecy is about the artificial intelligence and voice system that the beast had human beings build with their human hands. The image of the beast can now speak.
Everything we experience comes from the Word of God.
John 1
1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2: He was in the beginning with God;
3: all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
4: In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The beast taught human beings how to build things with their human hands and all the visible images we observe in this first temporary generation came from information called Satan ( Lucifer ).
so the first man was created in the image of the elohim, an idea?
ADAM ḲADMON - JewishEncyclopedia.com
If mankind is made in the image of God, then is one image of God, person, more important than another?
It is not an idea. It comes from God's inspired and infallible word.
The question has just as much validity if you leave out the god part.
You would have to define what you mean by important...............Are you wondering if say, the President of the U.S. is more important than the guy who mows my lawn?
i used mportant; which creates a disparity between other and another.
i used the words "more" + "important"; which creates a disparity between other and another.
can the person who mows a lawn not be a president?
and no i'm not worried about who mows your lawn, or even your lawn, or the president.
you can be both a president and a mower of lawns and so can multiple others.
The question of whether a person who mows lawns can become president is different from the question of whether a person who mows lawns is as important as the President. Once the person who mows lawns becomes president, then the question is moot. Since he is now the President, he cannot be more important than himself. However, it could be argued easily that a person who is President is more important than a person who mows lawns, because of the scope of his power and influence.
If mankind is made in the image of God, then is one image of God, person, more important than another?
the point is moot then, given many presidents can all be mowers of lawns. not everyone find presidents as important; especially when they despise the president. many republicans despised obama. i doubt they despised the person who mowed their lawns; otherwise they wouldn't have voted for them mowing said lawn.
i understand you're trying to make it personal. not everyone worries about the president of the US but they might their lawn; if they have one.Word salad......
The two questions are still different.
Word salad......