re: #170 marjoriemoon

The statement “we were created in the image of God” isn’t a physical image. It means that we were given a mind that is able to rationalize, think, learn, create and make choices (free will) beyond just acting on instinct. That is the image we share with God; the mind of God is the mind that we mirror and that no other living being has. Or so is what that statement means…

This is the very mindset I was talking about that has been so destructive. In small human minds it results in an entitled superiority that puts them, in their minds, above all else, “better than.” It diminishes (at best) respect for the millions of other species we share the planet with - not to mention the other humans who don’t share this belief system that are also seen as “less than.” We’re seeing this at work right here, right now. Exactly this.