narutobasegod
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really dude be smart if you draw a picture and mold it 1000 times with clay will they come out the exact same every time are will there be difference's but they all should look similar you should look at the picture and know ok
God.....
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Its just a part of my life, its like the superego part of my moind, morale coniousness, something like that i dont think of god like a person sitting on a cloud. sometimes i think maybe he cant reach hear, sometimes i pray saying please but without hopes and being very grateful its really hard to explain this.....
MistaFinley
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I do believe in God and I will answer any question pertaining to my belief. However, I will only answer questions that will are being asked in order to gain knowledge, or perspective. Any question that contains any connotation of mean, sarcastic, mocking, will be ignored.
So with that being said.
There can be two answers to this question. One answer is of the physical image of God. The second answer is of the spiritual image of God (the answer most scholars agree with).
1) Most people think about the physical image when people say "Made in the Image of God." First we must ask, why are thinking physically? Well because, we are human. And being human usually means looking at the appearance of things before looking at anything else. In order to understand why everyone looks different but come from the same God we must first establish a few things. The first thing is that God is infinite. The second thing is that God, being infinite, is way beyond our (finite beings) own understanding. Once we establish these things we can proceed to say that because God is infinite, he can look like everyone and yet look like one. Though this might not make any sense. How can someone look like everyone but be uniquely one person also? We have to go to the second rule we established. God is beyond our own understanding. With that being said we must accept this answer as it is. No question. No argument, because, well we can't.
2) The second answer. This answer will leave most people more satisfied. As we know the Bible must be taken both literal and metaphorical. This means we must take into account, read and analyze every word in the Bible to see if the writer was being literal, or being metaphorical. When stated, "man is made in the image of God", we can also take on the metaphorical side. This side makes more sense and satisfies more people with its answer. Before I go on, you must understand that God is everything. He is both merciful and just. He is both filled with joy and wrath. He is everything. So if we can understand this we can proceed. The fact that God is everything is infact and image of himself, is it not? For example, Elvis Presley was called the King of Rock and Roll. That was his image, he WAS that. So to say God is strong, that is his image, he IS that. But God is also gentle, that is his image, he IS that. There are many kinds of people in this world. You have the strong, the wise, the gentle, the kind-hearted, the light-hearted, the nurturing, the wrathful, the vengeful, the loving. You have all these kinds of people, and God made these people. These people ARE these traits, and so is God. So does this not fulfill, "man is made in the image of God."? There are two types of man, woman and man. The man represents half of God's image, and the woman the other half. The man is strong, he goes into battle, he fights, he works and labors, he provides. The woman is nurturing, gentle, kind, loving. Both man and woman together make "the image of God". Which also supports the statement (of when a man and woman get married), "the two will be one flesh".
So with that being said.
There can be two answers to this question. One answer is of the physical image of God. The second answer is of the spiritual image of God (the answer most scholars agree with).
1) Most people think about the physical image when people say "Made in the Image of God." First we must ask, why are thinking physically? Well because, we are human. And being human usually means looking at the appearance of things before looking at anything else. In order to understand why everyone looks different but come from the same God we must first establish a few things. The first thing is that God is infinite. The second thing is that God, being infinite, is way beyond our (finite beings) own understanding. Once we establish these things we can proceed to say that because God is infinite, he can look like everyone and yet look like one. Though this might not make any sense. How can someone look like everyone but be uniquely one person also? We have to go to the second rule we established. God is beyond our own understanding. With that being said we must accept this answer as it is. No question. No argument, because, well we can't.
2) The second answer. This answer will leave most people more satisfied. As we know the Bible must be taken both literal and metaphorical. This means we must take into account, read and analyze every word in the Bible to see if the writer was being literal, or being metaphorical. When stated, "man is made in the image of God", we can also take on the metaphorical side. This side makes more sense and satisfies more people with its answer. Before I go on, you must understand that God is everything. He is both merciful and just. He is both filled with joy and wrath. He is everything. So if we can understand this we can proceed. The fact that God is everything is infact and image of himself, is it not? For example, Elvis Presley was called the King of Rock and Roll. That was his image, he WAS that. So to say God is strong, that is his image, he IS that. But God is also gentle, that is his image, he IS that. There are many kinds of people in this world. You have the strong, the wise, the gentle, the kind-hearted, the light-hearted, the nurturing, the wrathful, the vengeful, the loving. You have all these kinds of people, and God made these people. These people ARE these traits, and so is God. So does this not fulfill, "man is made in the image of God."? There are two types of man, woman and man. The man represents half of God's image, and the woman the other half. The man is strong, he goes into battle, he fights, he works and labors, he provides. The woman is nurturing, gentle, kind, loving. Both man and woman together make "the image of God". Which also supports the statement (of when a man and woman get married), "the two will be one flesh".
But if God is all powerful, capable of doing anything he wants (as said by your first post) shouldn't he make no mistakes?
It is way too late and I am way too busy to read that whole thing today.
MistaFinley
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LOL Understood. It is 3 AM over here. I just wanted to put in a more insightful, more (hopefully) logical point of view than narutobasegod. Who is probably a troll.
Lord madara solos
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GOD is your existence , you can choose to belive that he created this world or not.
god is something that exicts for you to forgive yourself, pray for success etc
in lord godara we trust
god is something that exicts for you to forgive yourself, pray for success etc
in lord godara we trust
Uzumaki Macho
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You can't know that God exists you can only believe. The only way you can know is if God personally revealed himself.
I believe that God does exist because of evidence that we have including the Bible which has a lot of Israel's history. It has somthings that it knew before even scientists found out about. Multiple eyewitness accounts, and I've studied the accuracy of the Bible especially in the Book of Acts where Luke accurately records port names, correct towns, and even some stuff were confirmed through archaeology.
The Dreamer
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