If God made man after God's own image, why are humans imperfect while God is perfect?
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Its a little thing called sin.  Each person has first marred by original sin, a condition pasted down from the first man Adam in which their spirit is no longer able to have a full relationship with God.  And secondly by their own sin.  How many lies does it take to make one a liar?\n\nThe good news is that there is a cure for both kinds of sin.  Through acknowledging the Lordship of Jesus over your life, and believing that he rose from the dead, you can receive a new, reborn spirit that is capable of fellowship with God.  Through it, you can grow day by day into the perfection that God has for each person.  He also forgives your past sins, and cleanses you so that you can walk free from sin in the future.\n\nAdd to that the indwelling of God's Holy Spirit , who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present, aiding you whenever you need it, and that is close to perfect as you will ever be able to get.
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First of all, God created us to be like apes, preferably chimps. Second of all, maybe he thought they looked like one of his best creations, so he made us to be be like them.
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You are correct.. (I believe you mean that man WOULD create him).  As a matter of fact, Man does create god, and gods and make themselves a god over their own life, which leads to questions like this.\n\nFor the sake of shedding a little bit of light in the darkness...\nPlease try to see the amazing coincidences that exist in the world today.  You can find many, many in the book the Holy Bible.  Many scriptures which were written thousands of years prior to the New Testament come to fruition in the New Testament.  These are things which cannot be duplicated intentionally.  These are things that actually happened and are documented historically and literally.\nLook at the amazingly perfect place our world sits in, to support it's life.  The Universe screams for a creator.  Everything is just too perfect.  What about the human body?  Do you really think that things could have evolved from sigle celled organisms into our complex natural state?  Even if the earth were a trillion years old, it wouldn't be enough time.\n\nThat's my take.\n\nI would suggest doing some serious investigating.  The fate of your soul is at stake.\n-Super
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And God said, Let (US) make man in (OUR) image, after our likeness\nNo that means that there are thee person present at the creation.\nGod the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit.\nIt was God alone that created man.\n\n\nhttp://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html
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Man created god. In our own image. And wrote the bible as well.
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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.
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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
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They believe that God was once like you or I and became "enlightned" or glorified. They also believe that every person here on earth has the potential to also become like God. I dont think it takes away from his awesomeness, but rather gives us a great goal to strive for. Dont you think it would be cool to make your own universes if you had the proper knowledge to do so?
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If there is a God I would hope it would have the characteristics of neither male nor female.  Human characteristics at all might flaw the Deity.  We humans are a sad state, I would want a God that was perfect.
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To each follower, his God is always better. It is better to imbibe Godly qualities to the extent possible, than disputing about the better one.. One may spend / waste a lifetime trying to choose a better God !
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If you're 'not that bad', you don't understand the standard you are being held to. God is PERFECT. ANY deviation from perfection cannot be tolerated, and so anyone that ever did or thought anything wrong can never enter into His Presence.
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Man created God in his own image
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No one except Jesus was or ever will be perfect. God knows and understnads this. He doesn't expect us to be perfect. \n\nWhat he cares about is our heart. The more we love him, the more we desire to do his will and not sin. At the same time as we get close to him, he perfects us. True, we will never be perfect during our life on earth, but God perfects us while we are here. The whole thing is a process (which some go through faster than others). When we get to heaven, we will be perfect, becasue he will have made us perfect. But the thing to remember is it's all God. Everything good about us comes from Him and not ourselves. He is the one who does it all (perfects us). How much and how fast depends on our willingness to surrender to God and allow Him to do so.
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Man - he is created in His image
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It means man created God in his own image and not the other way around...
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I do fully agree with you.\nPeople do not understand that God can not be attributed the qualities of his subjects.\nHe cannot have a son as man does. That is a human characteristic which can lead to vile deeds. God is above that nature.\nTherefore there can only be One God, Who cannot have a son (What for? To inherit him?!!) That is why we say God is the Supreme and Everliving Being.
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I think that God is both. I think that he is a man and a woman. He made people in his image. If we are all made from his image  - though some may argue that Adam was made in his image and Eve from Adam ( Eve taken from Adam would also be in God's image...follow the thought process) - then he would have to be a higher being. One of both genders, separating them into two for the purpose of carrying on the human race. Now, as to why I referred to God as a He, it is simply proper grammar, and easier - and more correct - than he/she.