Lossky's Image Of God

As Zora Neale Hurston once said “If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it”. During the 1930’s, it was socially acceptable for men to hit his wife, but not the wife to hit her husband. The husband’s motivation was most likely because a man looks like he is in control of his wife or he is jealous. Janie, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, is beaten by all three of her husband's and suffers for most of her life . She was always in pain. In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, she uses imagery to show how much Janie suffered throughout her life.

As humans, there are many aspects that separate and distinguish us from other animals. However, I believe the most valuable distinction is our ability to create meaningful relationships. Whether these relationships are friendships, marriages or any other union of two people, this connection is the basis of our humanity. Through relationships were able to share knowledge, discuss ideas, and better ourselves through the enlightenment of others.

To get a sense of what it is to be human, at least in the evolutionary world, we need only to compare our modern selves to our ancestors such as the Neanderthals. The Neanderthals were our closest hominin relative and died out thousands of years ago. Like us, they walked on two legs, hunted , made fire and tools, and lived in shelters (caves). They were more advanced than many of us imagine they were thanks to the way they are portrayed in the media. They had brains similar in size to ours, they stood fully upright (not hunched over), and had a surprisingly complex culture. When asked what it means to be human, you can compare many different aspects of our lives, such as biology, culture, and even religious beliefs. We obviously have

In the book The Chrysalids, “the image of God” is essential in Waknuk, if you want to live well. What is “the image of God”? “The image of God” consists of one head, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two ears, a neck, a body with proportional two arms that have five fingers, and proportional two legs that have five toes. If you’re not “the image of God” you’re very vulnerable you’ll be sent to the Badlands and suffer, there is a scarce amount of food and resources you will not live long. The characters that were vulnerable were Sophie due to her six toes, David’s telepathy and Aunt Harriet desire to keep her deviate baby.

I feel that each response has hit on key factors of what society, religion, and science classify as "human". For example, DNA ties us all together, and is something that we all have in common (whether we like it or not). As a species, humans all look relatively similar, yet none of us look or act exactly the same. Our brains are incredible! We can process abstract thoughts, solve

that anyone can look forward to eternal happiness with God. Henceforth, a newly transformed Alfred

“We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State” (1.16).

It is a creature created by God. We are extraordinary machines full of mystery images of God and we were made to serve God. “Human beings are created in the image of God and thus possess personality, self-transcendence, intelligence, morality, gregariousness and creativity” (Sire, 2009). In postmodernism and scientism human beings are created by matter and there is no foundation of human beings from the beginning or why we exist.

In the book The Chrysalids, it deals with vulnerability. What is vulnerability? It can arise when people are isolated, insecure and defenceless in the face of risk, shock or stress. Specifically, “The image of God” is essential in Waknuk, if you want to live well. What is “the image of God”? “The image of God” consists of one head, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two ears, a neck, a body with proportional two arms that have five fingers, and proportional two legs that have five toes. If you’re not “the image of God” you’re very vulnerable you’ll be sent to the Badlands and suffer, there is a scarce amount of food and resources you will not live long. The characters that were defenseless were Sophie due to her six toes, David’s telepathy and Aunt Harriet desire to keep her deviate baby.

The Bible says that man, made in the image of God, is also spirit. It is man’s spirit that communes with the Holy Spirit. God also gave man a free will which allows man to love God willingly. Man created in the image of God has remnants of his character which includes the capability to love, a reason of a high level, and communicate with God. Man was also created with a sense of justice and morality. However, sin also resides in our nature and led to the fall of Adam and Eve.

God is not only there-an actually existent being; he is personal and we can relate to him in a personal way” (Alin, 2015).

created us and that knows us pneltly, God himself. The need of infinity that every man experiments in the most deepest of his heart sees imself vetrated when he closes

In the develop of the relationship between God and humanity, images have been an important element to give the created ones an idea about their creator. We borrow this imagery from our earthly experience but a word of caution is needed here. From our readings, Johnson states, “while the mystery of God ultimately transcends all human images, it can nevertheless be spoken about equally well using male and female analogies.”

Since the dawn of human life, people have eternally been searching for the purpose of existence. Humans are innately curious beings, and are blessed to have the capabilities of higher thought processes. Humans use these thought processes to ponder the question of existence. Unfortunately, the evolution of man has not brought the human race any closer to actualizing its purpose on earth. In fact, this issue is such that the more one feels he or she understands it, the more questions concerning it arise. This problem perpetuates itself by the confusion of religion and spirituality, and the roles they hold in society. As the human race evolves, it feels the need to designate structure to its world. As

In the beginning of the Bible in the Book of Genesis, it is revealed to use in 1:26-27 that God has created man in his image. The text verbatim states “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” From this distinct text we can clearly conclude that when ad created man and woman, they were destined to be in God’s image and carry his image throughout his creation. Today we can see that many of us do not live in God’s image due to society becoming more secularized as it progresses through the years, however as Christians we can verse this by living in God’s image in our chosen vocations, churches, and even in the