I asked an earlier question about being "made in God's image."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoRpXVZwmgGw4W_xxIdkItjsy6IX?qid=20060923104914AA6riUh
The majority of answerers said that the reference was for the soul, or intelligence, or our spiritual form; and that the statement in Genesis was more metaphorical.
Fair enough (though I've yet to hear the criteria for what is metaphor or poetic, and what is literal).
So here's my next question. Why weren't our physical bodies made better? More limbs, more eyes, greater muscles, better senses, tougher skin, quicker healing, and so on.
I know many will say that these weren't needed before the fall of man... so why were animals given these features if they weren't needed? Or did armadillos have soft skin, dogs could only smell like we can, and spiders walked on two legs?
And I don't consider the desire to not question "God's plan" a virtue. I think blind faith is one of the prime causes of misery in life.
2006-09-24
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