Evidence for God from Science

Kenny wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 11:25 am

claysmithr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:33 pm How about being created in the image of God? No other creature is.

If being created in the image of God is what makes us superior/special compared to animals, suppose we discovered intelligent life on a distant planet, and they looked much different from us; does this mean we are entitled to treat them as inferior to us; perhaps the way we would treat an animal since we are created in God's image, but they are not?

claysmithr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:21 pm

Kenny wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:18 pm

RickD wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:10 pm

Kenny wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:04 pm

claysmithr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 12:40 pm

I believe, if there are other worlds, there is no way we can access them, so this question is moot.

We have already accessed other worlds; or are you one of those type who believe the Moon landing was fake, but Big time Wrestling is real....

He was responding to what you said about discovering intelligent life on a distant planet.

Unless you are suggesting that the moon is what you had in mind when you mentioned "distant planets", then this is also a moot point.

We’ve accessed Mars and Venus as well. Though we haven’t found anything, who’s to say sometime in the future we won’t find a planet that does have intelligent life? What’s to stop us from accessing them?

Distance, space is big.

EssentialSacrifice wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:23 pm

Kenny wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 11:25 am

claysmithr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:33 pm How about being created in the image of God? No other creature is.

If being created in the image of God is what makes us superior/special compared to animals, suppose we discovered intelligent life on a distant planet, and they looked much different from us; does this mean we are entitled to treat them as inferior to us; perhaps the way we would treat an animal since we are created in God's image, but they are not?

I find this strange, Ken. After all this time on these boards ... are you saying that our physical image is the "us" created in the image of God? Surely someone sometime spoke here of God is pure spirit. He has no face ... there is no relationship between our physical image and the spirit that is God. We are made in His image by His gift of a holy spirititualized soul . Our resemblance of him is purely spiritual.

EssentialSacrifice wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:33 am Ken: So it appears God has a face, a hand, and a back side

That is exactly correct Ken, He appears to ...

I have included an article that shows many, even all the ways Go has manifested himself to man. He is pure spirit capable of anything, and usually does make the effort to keep us calm in his presence. Thereby, perhaps in Moses instance, God knew he needed a calming influence during a highly energized encounter so presented a "human" countenance.

http://halfshekel.com/one/godhead2.html

apologies for breaking-in to your conversation, I wanted to be sure you got the right reference for "in God's image".

ps; Exodus 33-20 ...

Kenny wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:42 am

EssentialSacrifice wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:33 am Ken: So it appears God has a face, a hand, and a back side

That is exactly correct Ken, He appears to ...

I have included an article that shows many, even all the ways Go has manifested himself to man. He is pure spirit capable of anything, and usually does make the effort to keep us calm in his presence. Thereby, perhaps in Moses instance, God knew he needed a calming influence during a highly energized encounter so presented a "human" countenance.

http://halfshekel.com/one/godhead2.html

apologies for breaking-in to your conversation, I wanted to be sure you got the right reference for "in God's image".

ps; Exodus 33-20 ...

Don't assume that because I'm discussing with someone else that I wouldn't want to have the same conversation with you also; as far as I'm concerned, in these type of discussions; the more the merrier; I invite whatever input you might have.

RickD wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:50 am

Kenny wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:42 am

EssentialSacrifice wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:33 am Ken: So it appears God has a face, a hand, and a back side

That is exactly correct Ken, He appears to ...

I have included an article that shows many, even all the ways Go has manifested himself to man. He is pure spirit capable of anything, and usually does make the effort to keep us calm in his presence. Thereby, perhaps in Moses instance, God knew he needed a calming influence during a highly energized encounter so presented a "human" countenance.

http://halfshekel.com/one/godhead2.html

apologies for breaking-in to your conversation, I wanted to be sure you got the right reference for "in God's image".

ps; Exodus 33-20 ...

Don't assume that because I'm discussing with someone else that I wouldn't want to have the same conversation with you also; as far as I'm concerned, in these type of discussions; the more the merrier; I invite whatever input you might have.

Kenny,

Does the ability to misuse semicolons make you special?

Siridharramesh: Humanity itself is a dignity." Immanuel Kant sought a univer-sal human dignity with his respect for persons.
1.His highprincipled claim continues, endorsed by the nations of the Earth, in the Preamble to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "[R]ecognition of the inherent dignity...of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world. 2.Such dignity is a core concept getting at what is distinctively human, commanding special moral attention. Our dignity figures in our personal identity, first at basic levels, where dignity is inalienable and common to us all, and further at developmental levels, where dignity can be achieved or lost, recognized or withheld. A person who has "lost his dignity" behaviorally is not thereby a person whom we can treat as without dignity in the native entitlement sense. A person's dignity resides in his or her biologically and socially constructed psychosomatic self with an idiographic proper-named identity. https://docsbay.net/human-uniqueness-an ... of-persons

Philip wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:45 am

Siridharramesh: Humanity itself is a dignity." Immanuel Kant sought a univer-sal human dignity with his respect for persons.
1.His highprincipled claim continues, endorsed by the nations of the Earth, in the Preamble to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "[R]ecognition of the inherent dignity...of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world. 2.Such dignity is a core concept getting at what is distinctively human, commanding special moral attention. Our dignity figures in our personal identity, first at basic levels, where dignity is inalienable and common to us all, and further at developmental levels, where dignity can be achieved or lost, recognized or withheld. A person who has "lost his dignity" behaviorally is not thereby a person whom we can treat as without dignity in the native entitlement sense. A person's dignity resides in his or her biologically and socially constructed psychosomatic self with an idiographic proper-named identity. https://docsbay.net/human-uniqueness-an ... of-persons

No, what makes a person special is that we are each made in the image of God. It's why killing another human except out of defense is murder. It's why it's fine to eat a hamburger but that cannibalism is a horrific evil. Only humans are special, in this sacred sense!

Ken: Humans are only special in the eyes of other humans.

Philip wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:11 pm

Ken: Humans are only special in the eyes of other humans.

And so why is this true? And it's universally true!

Kenny wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:42 pm

Philip wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:11 pm

Ken: Humans are only special in the eyes of other humans.

And so why is this true? And it's universally true!

For the same reason Grizzly Bears are special in the eyes of other Grizzly Bears.

Ken: For the same reason Grizzly Bears are special in the eyes of other Grizzly Bears.