J
There are many questions that have been rattling around in my mind recently, the least serious of which is this:
Are we really made in God's image?
God was once the only thing in existence. This means that he existed before gravity, before solid matter, before time, etc. This means that it is completely illogical to think God looks anything like a human.
1. God would not need legs because he has nowhere to go. He is everywhere at once.
2. We have flat feet because gravity holds us to the solid Earth and we need them to balance. God doesn't need feet.
3. God would not need arms or hands because there was nothing in existence to hold.
4. God would not have eyes because he would not need organs that are designed to take in light before he created light.
5. He wouldn't have any use for a nose, ears, or a mouth either because there was nothing to see, taste or hear.
5a. He wouldn't need a mouth to speak the universe into existence either, because there was no medium to carry the sound. Whatever the Bible means by "God said" must be something different than our idea of what it means to "say" something.
6. God does not need a body, especially not a solid one like we have. We use our bodies to interact with, and affect, the physical world. God interacts with the physical world in a non-physical way, so there is no reason for him to have a body of any shape or size.
We are shaped and structured the way we are because we have to interact with and thrive in our environment. God does not need any human-like features for any reason. So who exactly do we look like?
Are we really made in God's image?
God was once the only thing in existence. This means that he existed before gravity, before solid matter, before time, etc. This means that it is completely illogical to think God looks anything like a human.
1. God would not need legs because he has nowhere to go. He is everywhere at once.
2. We have flat feet because gravity holds us to the solid Earth and we need them to balance. God doesn't need feet.
3. God would not need arms or hands because there was nothing in existence to hold.
4. God would not have eyes because he would not need organs that are designed to take in light before he created light.
5. He wouldn't have any use for a nose, ears, or a mouth either because there was nothing to see, taste or hear.
5a. He wouldn't need a mouth to speak the universe into existence either, because there was no medium to carry the sound. Whatever the Bible means by "God said" must be something different than our idea of what it means to "say" something.
6. God does not need a body, especially not a solid one like we have. We use our bodies to interact with, and affect, the physical world. God interacts with the physical world in a non-physical way, so there is no reason for him to have a body of any shape or size.
We are shaped and structured the way we are because we have to interact with and thrive in our environment. God does not need any human-like features for any reason. So who exactly do we look like?