If we are created in Gods image?

Question

Then everything we are, God is.

So, having said that, being skeptical is in Gods image. Following blindly is considered a bad thing.

For instance, following Nazism is bad. Being skeptical and asking questions saves one from such a bad following. Why would we question that and not other things? Being a skeptic never ends, whether it's God, Nazism, or 1+1=3. It's how we learn.

After all, are we not in Gods image according to the Bible followers?

Or, is this where we bend logic and stop it and use whats convenient to support our beliefs? It's like stopping a ray of light. If the logic of being skeptical should not be used to question God, why should it ever be used? We are of Gods image.

selective questioning? How would we know what is right to question and what is wrong? We'd have to inquire into that, as well.

Why can we not question God? I have faith in other things, such as my Buddhist teachings, but this I do not since Buddhism allows me to be skeptical (encourages it, at that), Christianity does not. How do I know what i can question and what I cannot?

So, if God is merely an image, then God is a thing and existing? Are you willing to contradict that God is non-existing?

Image can extend beyond "looks."

Answer 1

God is created in our image.

Answer 2

Religious beliefs are based on what they believe to be an emotional connection with god. I think we can all agree that emotional people do not always act with logic and reason. There are many examples of this. There is the man who kills his wife in a jealous fit of rage when he catches her sleeping around. There is the man, who is so upset over losing his job, that he take his own life. There is the couple, who are so in love, they run off to get married after only knowing each other for a week. Do I need to go on? Does this not explain to you why the religious feel and do, what they do? All we can attempt, is try to get them to listen to reason. I never realized how tightly humans could cling to a belief, strictly based on an emotional connection, until I ran into the religious. Regardless of the logic presented or the facts pointed out, they stubbornly refuse to let go of a belief, which is has no basis in reality. At times it really is disheartening, when people willingly make the choice to stay ignorant. Because of this we have to stay vigilant in our attempts or else we will never end religion's hateful and violent reign.

Answer 3

Personally god is probably the only answer we have for our awareness of who we think we are. There is the other possibility that god serves as our memory of the past before we were human. Maybe there is something to genetic history.
God doesn't like to be questioned? Seems that is very untrue to me. if this is a creation of some God (there have been billions of gods you know) then being questioned would be a great way to prove things out.

Answer 4

The statement is symbolic and doesn't mean that we are photo copies of God.I t could mean that whatever qualities are assigned to God,the humans too shall have them.The rest is up to us and not on God to answer.No true religion can deny questioning as any meaningful belief can only emerge after all questions and doubts have been answered.By the way,Christianity and Buddhism are poles apart in perception and practice.

Answer 5

A flower is created in the image of its parent plant. It looks like the parent, it smells like the parent... it is JUST LIKE the parent in every way, except maybe for size if it is still growing.

Your child is also created in your image. However, that does not mean that your child reflects who you are to the world. You may be mathematically inclined and your child may hate math and love poetry instead. You may be a perfectionist while your child may be a failure, or visa versa. You may even find yourself wondering, as many parents do, "How could THAT have come out of ME?" I wonder how Ted Bundy's parents felt? Were they evil like he was? We don't know. Maybe not.

In conclusion, if God created flowers in His image, I would agree with your logic. But God created people in his image and so the logic just doesn't fit because - at the end of the day, when the books are all finished - YOU make your own choices about what you want to do in life and whether or not you will reflect God to this world.

Answer 6

psychotic narcissists created the image.I am not only referencing looks but behavior and attitude as well.

animals like amphibians, fish, birds etc don't really seek reasoning behind everything or at least that's how some presume how they are since they're not as advanced.they live a simple life and maybe that's the way it was intended to be.some people make it complex so that they seem mightier.maybe those turtles have figured it all out, what life's all about and how to live life righteously & peacefully, not according to books.

Answer 7

Following Nazism is a bad thing but not having faith in the son that God sent is a bad thing. The question is were is your faith? Faith of a mustard seed not religion. Religion is the tradition of man and not of God.

We are God's image but we have faith and obideinece in him. You can only have one person in charge of all things. The same in family or buisness. The clay can not tell the potter how it should be created. The same with us and God.

DO THE WILL OF GOD
You need to find a home church, be obedient, follow his word, be baptized with the holy spirit, show your self approved and do the will of God (Mark 16: 15 - 18)

Answer 8

I always questioned god and my own beliefs, and I will never be sure. Only death and taxes are sure, right?:) The way I see god, I think we are a part of him and maybe that's what they mean by "we are created in god's image".

I really like the way you explaned why skepticism is good.

Answer 9

Being created in an image can mean any number of things. The Mona Lisa has a nose "created in 'her' image"; it's part of (in) the painting. That in no way implies that the nose is exactly like the whole painting.

Answer 10

This is what it means to be made in God's image.

"On the last day of creation, God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). Thus, He finished His work with a “personal touch.” God formed man from the dust and gave him life by sharing His own breath (Genesis 2:7). Accordingly, man is unique among all God’s creations, having both a material (body) and an immaterial (soul / spirit) part.

Having the “image” or “likeness” of God means, in the simplest terms, that we were made to resemble God. Adam did not resemble God in the sense of God’s having flesh and blood. Scripture says that “God is a spirit” (John 4:24) and therefore exists without a body. However, Adam’s body did mirror the life of God, insofar as it was created in perfect health and was not subject to death.

The image of God refers to the immaterial part of man. It sets man apart from the animal world, fits him for the “dominion” God intended (Genesis 1:28), and enables him to commune with his Maker. It is a likeness mentally, morally, and socially.

Mentally, man was created as a rational, volitional agent—in other words, man can reason and man can choose. This is a reflection of God’s intellect and freedom. Any time someone invents a machine, writes a book, paints a landscape, enjoys a symphony, calculates a sum, or names a pet, he or she is proclaiming the fact that we are made in God’s image.

Morally, man was created in righteousness and perfect innocence, a reflection of God’s holiness. God saw all that He had made (mankind included) and called it “very good” (Genesis 1:31). Our conscience or “moral compass” is a vestige of that original state. Whenever someone writes a law, recoils from evil, praises good behavior, or feels guilty, he is confirming the fact that we are made in God’s own image.

Socially, man was created for fellowship. This reflects God's triune nature and His love. In Eden, man’s primary relationship was with God (Genesis 3:8 implies fellowship with God), and God made the first woman because “it is not good that the man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18). Every time someone marries a wife, makes a friend, hugs a child, or attends a church, he is demonstrating the fact that we are made in the likeness of God.

Part of being made in God’s image means that Adam had the capacity to make free choices. Although he was given a righteous nature, Adam made an evil choice to rebel against his Maker. In so doing, Adam marred the image of God within himself, and he passed that damaged likeness on to all his children, including us (Romans 5:12). Today, we still bear the image of God (James 3:9), but we also bear the scars of sin. Mentally, morally, socially, and physically, we show the effects.

The good news is that, when God redeems an individual, He begins to restore the original image of God, creating “the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24; see also Colossians 3:10)."

Answer 11

Seems you answered your own question. Why can't someone question God? Even the Bible says something to the effect that a man that cannot question his own beliefs is not very secure in them.