RE: The Problem with Christians
March 23, 2016 at 8:00 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2016 at 8:08 pm by AJW333.)
(March 20, 2016 at 2:48 am)Mudhammam Wrote:(March 20, 2016 at 2:28 am)AJW333 Wrote: To make matters worse, the fossil record shows no intermediate length giraffe necks. If the evolution of the long neck took millions of years, where are the intermediates?
No? Then what is this right here?
How do we know that the existence of Samotherium represents a species that evolved into the giraffe and wasn't simply a separate animal?
(March 21, 2016 at 1:24 am)Cecelia Wrote: Actually the complexity of the human eye is a good argument against design. Why would a designer make something more complicated than necessary? The only reason a designer would make something so complicated is because they have limitations. This goes against the Christian God who is said to have made man from Dirt. That's magic.It's actually consistent with science insofar as everything that is necessary to create man can be found in the dirt.
(March 21, 2016 at 1:24 am)Cecelia Wrote: Then you have to consider: The Bible states we were made in his image. If he looks like us, and we appear designed, then he too must appear designed. So who designed him? If he wasn't designed, why is his eye less complex than ours? Was he restricted by laws he didn't create? Or does his eyes work the same as ours, and thus give an appearance of design?"Some people think that being made in the image of God deals with the physical likeness as if God has a body of flesh and blood. This is not the case. Jesus tells us that God, in reference to the Father, is spirit (John 4:24) and that spirit does not have flesh and bones (Luke 24:39). Therefore, it cannot be true that we are made in the image of God the Father in the sense that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones.
So then, what does it mean to be made in the image of God? It means that we are made in His likeness in that we have some of the same attributes that God has. For example, God is rational (Isaiah 1:18) and so are we. God can love (John 3:16) and so can we. God can hate (Psalm 5:5, 11:5) and so can we. Because we are made in God's image, we are able to have compassion, mercy, grace, fellowship, friendship, etc. However, as God is all-knowing, we are not. God is ever-present, but we are not.
So, the image of God in us means that we are like Him in some, not all, of His attributes." https://carm.org/image-of-god
