There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding what is meant by scriptural passages indicating that "Man is made in the Image of God". Here is a link to a Wikipedia article about the many ways that the "Image of God" is understood. Clearly, there is no consensus among the intellectual theologians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_God
In actuality, it appears that most people speak of God
anthropomorphically as man often seems to "create" an image of God in man's own image ... the exact opposite of what the scriptures say.
I posted this in the "General Religion" section because the same principle is stated in the Hermetic text and other wisdom traditions in verbiage that does not mention "God" but essentially says the same thing.
"As above, so below."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_above,_so_below
From an experiential perspective, how do you interpret "Man is made in the image of God"? (If someone merely wants to post second-hand-information, there are a lot of theologian-oriented intellectual quotes which are included in the first Wikipedia article to facilitate parroting.
)
NOTE: My answer to the thread question is an
UNEQUIVOCAL YES. However, I will defer elaborating further until I see where this thread goes ... if indeed it goes anywhere.
Threaded Mode