If God was never human how did he make man in his image?
140051
Interesting question. Here is what i think of this. God does not need to be human first to be able to make humans. Just like we dont need to be a cd or a dvd player to be able to make them. 'In His image' means that we have in us, qualities that are His too, like love and compassion, and the ability to create new things, like tv's, and other electric, non-electric things. Even can play with dna and come up with new things. But all this does not qualify us as Gods, for we are "In His image", and not Gods per sec. Image is like a shadow of a thing, like one's reflection in a mirror. We have in us but a reflection of His qualities, which make us "in His image" but not Him.
459249
I believe (as a Christian) that God made us humans in his own likeness, and everything else was not specifically in his image. He also breathed life into humans himself. He gave us and only us souls. That's what I think. It's up to you to decide for yourself.\nThanks,\n~Me
1033853
Well, I am a believer but I will answer your question anyway---\n\nGod said: “Let us make man in our image.” (Ge 1:26) What a historic pronouncement! And what a singular position in history Adam, the “son of God,” holds—the first human creature! (Lu 3:38) Adam was the crowning glory of God's earthly creative works, not only because of the timing near the close of six creative epochs but, more importantly, because “in God’s image he created him.” (Ge 1:27) This is why the perfect man Adam, and his degenerate offspring to a much lesser degree, possessed mental powers and abilities far superior to all other earthly creatures.\nMade in the likeness of his Grand Creator, Adam had the divine attributes of love, wisdom, justice, and power; hence he possessed a sense of morality involving a conscience, something altogether new in the sphere of earthly life. In the image of God, Adam was to be a global administrator and have in subjection the sea and land creatures and the fowl of the air.\nIt was not necessary for Adam to be a spirit creature, in whole or in part, to possess Godlike qualities. God formed man out of the dust particles of the ground, put in him the force of life so that he became a living soul, and gave him the ability to reflect the image and likeness of his Creator. “The first man is out of the earth and made of dust.” “The first man Adam became a living soul.” (Ge 2:7; 1Co 15:45, 47) That was in the year 4026 B.C.E. It was likely in the fall of the year, for mankind’s most ancient calendars began counting time in the autumn around October 1, or at the first new moon of the lunar civil year. \nI hope this helps an unbeliever to believe.
735633
God does not have a "meaning" in the sense that you are asking. Your question is asked in a way to say "what is the human perception of God." While God can be perceived in many different ways by people, He is still seperate and distinct from them. His "meaning" comes from who He is. He is Holy, Just, Righteous, Faithful, Vengeful, Loving, Kind, Merciful, True, etc. These facts are known through His inspired word, the Bible. Through people, God wrote the Bible in order to display who He is, to us.
702766
God is not a man or woman. We only have 6 senses, and visually we need to give god a picture.
977175
Well, if man is actually created in God's image then I would have to assume He would blow up the Earth.\n\nTherefore, I wouldn't worry about the Earth blowing up.
515145
While I'm not a Christian, I doubt they think of God as "human."  But I believe their Bible does say man was created in "God's own image," so...\n\nOne could argue that it wasn't necessarily God's physical image, but more the idea of consciousness or self-awareness.\n\nAs for Jesus being Caucasian, it depends on what you mean.  Obviously, they know he wasn't European.  But people in that region do tend to have lighter skin then what you might expect.  Arabs, for example, look white, except for a slight difference in undertone.\n\nIn any case, since they believe Jesus was the son of God/God Himself, he wouldn't be Caucasian or Arab or anything else.  He'd be whatever God is.
57685
Every human person is endowed with a spiritual soul, with intellect and with free will. Man is rational and therefore like God; he is created with free will and is master over his acts. \n\nGod created man in his image and established him in his friendship. A spiritual creature, man can live this friendship only in free submission to God. The prohibition against eating "of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" spells this out: "for in the day that you eat of it, you shall die." The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man, being a creature, must freely recognize and respect with trust. Man is dependent on his Creator, and subject to the laws of creation and to the moral norms that govern the use of freedom. \n\nAlthough set by God in a state of rectitude man, enticed by the evil one, abused his freedom at the very start of history. Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command. He lifted himself up against God, and sought to attain his goal apart from him. By his sin Adam, as the first man, lost the original holiness and justice he had received from God, not only for himself but for all human beings.
345143
Sometimes I wonder why He would want to mess up his creation too!  But seriously, I think God created man and then woman to worship Him--he couldn't worship himself but his creation could by loving him with all of their heart, soul and mind.  He created us out of love and to love Him.  He chose to create us and He knows us before we are even born.
1044436
Genesis 1:27 says "So God created man in His own image:in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis chapter 2 states that woman was taken out of man but prior to that in the verse above, God had stated what the end result will be. \n\nSo yes, the raw materials were different but the results are the same - both made in the image of God. Mind you, if woman was taken from man who was taken from the earth then she was ultimately taken from the earth as well.\n\nFinally, in Gen 2:7, "God formed man out of dust and breathed into his nostril the breath of life; and man became a living being." The same spirit that gave man life is the same spirit that made the woman a living being. The animals and plants were not treated in this way! Man and woman are different from the others because we were made in God's image to have dominion over all the rest of creation.
1046864
It is written that God gave man the power of reason,,and the power to question his own creator,,,,,so the answer could be,,,that human kind,,,was been given limitless power to interfere with Gods will.\nthe more we question,,,the closer we get to God.
1117433
Both. God made man, man forgot God, man uses God as a convenient excuse for his desires/actions.
686695
Because the very nature of God is love, he made man in order to have a being on which to shower the wonders of his glory. The existence of God is not, nor ever was, dependent on man's righteousness (or lack of...) Technically, he could've just let himself chill out in heaven for all eternity and not even bother with us. But that's divine love for you.\n\nAmazing grace.
36444
Good for you! I've often asked the question: How can we possibly understand even a tiny part of an omnipotent being? To think we can is presumption. I'm reminded of a quote from Inherit the Wind: God created Man in His image, and Man returned the favor. To think that any religion speaks for God (or all religions, for that matter) would cast God as a sociopath with the emotional maturity of an infant. We ascribe so much to God's will; everything from winning a Grammy to losing a child, to finding a parking place to destroying entire civilizations for being "primitive".\n\nIn my searching I found some New Age teachings which suggested that God contemplated Itself and, as a result, split into billions of tiny pieces, each piece endowed with the will and the ability to experience all that Life is. So in the sense that an omnipotent being would have no reason (in my tiny comprehension) to hate any part of itself, God therefore loves each and every one of us.\n\nThat's also the reason I don't believe there is a Hell. But that's another story. ;-)
772628
God is a spirit, no physical body, hence, no actual colour.\nSo man when he was created was to have godlike qualities. Man doesn't live on instinct, as the animals do, but on reason logic and the most prominent feature of God that is love.
1000978
Kind of Hard to write all this. I will try to break it down in its simplest form. God is triune in His person. In his image man was made spirit,soul, body, triune. \nGod is Spirit.\nThe Holy Spirit dwells in the earth.\nJesus became a man. He was to do so from the beginning.\n\nSpirit is the true man.\nSoul is what makes you, you. Your soul is the catalyst between your spirit and your body.\nYour body is how you deal with the world of reality around you.\nWhen you are born again a new Spirit dwell within you Gods Spirit. Adam was made to walk in his Spirit nature when He fell he had to learn to walk in his flesh. \nWe are born in this flesh and must learn to walk by the new Spirit that dwell within us. Our Spirit man is made new but we must renew our mind (soul) in Christ daily. working out our salvation with fear and trembling... not of our spirit but our mind(soul) by being transformed to the image of Christ. there is a lot here but if you want to know more let me know email me......\nMessenger
354700
God is a man-made construct. Only through our arrogance would we perceive an all-powerful being to look like us.\n\nIf all religion ceased tomorrow and god was proven not to exist, the world would keep turning.