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Author Topic:   Created in the image of God
apuleius11
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Message 48 of 105 (3002)
01-28-2002 7:32 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Lorenzo7
01-16-2002 8:30 AM


H.L. Mencken once said, in Man's Place in Nature:"If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder." It is more probable that man created God in his own image than the other way around. The God of the Old Testament is a vain, jealous, angry and vindictive god, who punishes people if they do not believe in him, disobey his will or worship some other god. In short, he is more like a petty Oriental despot than the creator of this awesome and magnificent universe. Do you actually suppose that a being who could create a universe like the one we inhabit, with its billions of galaxies, trillions of stars and limitless expanse of worlds, nebulae and other astronomical phenomena could resemble, even remotely so insignificant and incompetent an insect as man? You cannot always judge the artist by his art - a great artist may paint monsters and aberrations, but that doesn't mean that he looks like them. Man's belief that he was created in the image and likeness of God only demonstates human vanity, egoism and folly.

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