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Anonymous asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 1 decade ago

Did God make Man in his own image?

Or did Man make God in his own image.......?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    God made man in his image

    the problem is man is trying to remake God in their image to justify sin

  • 1 decade ago

    God has no self-nature. God is what you want him / her to be. The amount of grace you've received of the god, which manifests to you, depends on the relationship you've with God. You create your god. That is why it is important that you should not have the image of a punishing god or indifferent god. If you thought god would be angry with you for your thoughts and are therefore afraid. God would certainly punish you. If god to you is a lazy father who answers after endless entities and petitions that would be your reality. You would have made mess of your lives unaware of the

    power and freedom you hold in creating your god. One of the greatest curses you lay on yourself is to create a wrong kind of god and defective god, would sit over you in judgment and punish you. Remember when I say creating your god, I do not mean creating a non-existent god through your imagination. God is your creator and how could you create him. Creating your own god means to awaken to the power you yield. God is powerful. You too being a part of god are quite powerful. You have the freedom to design a kind of god

    you want. It is like a potter making use of clay with great masterpieces. You’re the potter and god the clay. Your god would respond to you the way you want. If you would like a god as a playful, powerful and compassionate friend, who responds to your

    needs. Instantaneously that would be your god. If one the other hand you define god as unapproachable, then the doors of heaven shall not open to you. Because there would be a big board, which would you say no entry. If you say god is indefinable that certainly

    would be your experience. Your god would be amorphous. You could choose a frowning god, a smiling god, and a laughing god, even a playing god.

  • 1 decade ago

    God was here first ..

    so God made man in his image. and yes God does have an image. a human image born 2000 years ago

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    1 decade ago

    When scripture says we are made in the image of God, that's speaking of attributes, not physical appearance: like love, hate, anger, ability to reason, etc.

    Man tries to make God in his image when he ascribes God as having physical attributes like we have.

    Although I assume when you say did man make God in his own image it's presuming that man made up the whole concept of God.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    God said "Let us make man in our own image"

    Just what is it that does seperate us from the Animals?

    Is merely our superior brains????????? Can anyone define it?

  • 1 decade ago

    When in doubt always refer to the Bible, God's holy word:

    "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" - Genesis 1:26-28

    "Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." - Genesis 2:7

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Man made God in his image.

  • 1 decade ago

    Man created god in the image of his idiot brother, Bubba.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Man created god in his own image.

    Look how man perceives what an alien lifeform would look like. Warped versions of humans, but still 2 eyes, nose, mouth, 4 limbs, etc.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Do you love your mother? Do you love your father? Were you created in their image?

    Our heavenly father is the father of our spirits. He is a creator and colonizer of worlds. If we are faithful, maybe we can someday take part in the family business.

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