1974 Time magazine cover story on “How True is the Bible?”

[Multicolored Lemur]

I've also yet to come across an explanation for how we are created in God's image

Maybe it's the idea that we’re capable of great deeds, but also petty deeds. That we can soar, but we’re flawed?

 

[AgnosticBoy]

6 I say, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, you shall die like men,
and fall like any prince.”

— — —

Do you have a version which says “Elohim”?

Elohim means "god" or "gods".

Interestingly, it's actually a plural noun but can be used as singular. Looking at its meaning, I see that it doesn't only refer to a deity. It can also refer to rulers, judges, and even angels. Source

But still, which meaning does Psalm 8:6 refer to? I think we can rule out it equating us to God since it doesn't call us the "Most High". But the passage does elevate the writer's status since it also doesn't equate them to men since it says you will die "like men".

Lol. I'm going to use the ask the audience option.

 

[bbyrd009]

Yes, it does sound polytheistic. Or, maybe a strand of Hinduism, the idea that there's a spark of the divine in each of us?

I've also yet to come across an explanation for how we are created in God's image. Could be related to bbyrd's point.

insert image of cell here. I guess maybe a star with a planet or a planet with a moon maybe works too

 

[bbyrd009]

Found it in Psalm 82:6

Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 82 - Revised Standard Version

A Plea for Justice - A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?Selah Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the...

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6 I say, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, you shall die like men,
and fall like any prince.”

— — —

Do you have a version which says “Elohim”?

Psalm 82:6 Lexicon: I said, "You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.

i forget that ppl read in English lol. Which ignore that English too

 

[bbyrd009]

6 I say, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, you shall die like men,
and fall like any prince.”

— — —

Do you have a version which says “Elohim”?

Elohim means "god" or "gods".

Interestingly, it's actually a plural noun but can be used as singular. Looking at its meaning, I see that it doesn't only refer to a deity. It can also refer to rulers, judges, and even angels. Source

But still, which meaning does Psalm 8:6 refer to? I think we can rule out it equating us to God since it doesn't call us the "Most High". But the passage does elevate the writer's status since it also doesn't equate them to men since it says you will die "like men".

Lol. I'm going to use the ask the audience option.

i kinda shy from defining God too strictly, but One being multiple is kinda maybe an expression of the undefinableness of YHWH, plus “we” also indicates Witnesses, by which truth is established?

 

[bbyrd009]

6 I say, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, you shall die like men,
and fall like any prince.”

— — —

Do you have a version which says “Elohim”?

Elohim means "god" or "gods".

Interestingly, it's actually a plural noun but can be used as singular. Looking at its meaning, I see that it doesn't only refer to a deity. It can also refer to rulers, judges, and even angels. Source

But still, which meaning does Psalm 8:6 refer to? I think we can rule out it equating us to God since it doesn't call us the "Most High". But the passage does elevate the writer's status since it also doesn't equate them to men since it says you will die "like men".

Lol. I'm going to use the ask the audience option.

ha well we’re pretty obviously the Apex biological units on the planet, right? And we could get into the bad, since thats where we focus, but i guess Yah really doesnt even think like that? The “bad” will get superseded by the better, if it is indeed better, and the bad will be forgotten, surely?

which we have examples in nature; where we are all amazed that an organism just somehow “knows” how to do whatever? Of course they dont know, but rather they are just the one in a million that happened to do it that way and survive, right.

 

[bbyrd009]

I've also yet to come across an explanation for how we are created in God's image

Maybe it's the idea that we’re capable of great deeds, but also petty deeds. That we can soar, but we’re flawed?

and flawed gets tossed on the burning trash pile, ya

 

[Scooter]

I've also yet to come across an explanation for how we are created in God's image.

We are created in the image and likeness of God. Like God, we are capable of knowing right from wrong. Man is a trinity of body, soul and spirit. God is also a trinity. Mankind is able to experience a wide range of emotions like God. Unlike other created life, humans reflect characteristics of God.

 

[Scooter]

and flawed gets tossed on the burning trash pile, ya

Only because the flawed chooses to remain flawed

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

insert image of cell here. I guess maybe a star with a planet or a planet with a moon maybe works too

I like this, very beautiful and poetic.

And maybe an emergent property of a complex system . . . explains the spark of the divine?